#BC40C8#BC40C8

#BC40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.221 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40C8
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 66.35, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 81.12, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1794 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.221 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9969, 18.5303, 56.4711)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40C8 #4CC840

analogous

#7840C8 #BC40C8 #C84090

triadic

#BC40C8 #C8BC40 #40C8BC

tetradic

#BC40C8 #C87840 #4CC840 #4090C8

square

#BC40C8 #C87840 #4CC840 #4090C8

split-complementary

#BC40C8 #90C840 #40C878

monochromatic

#67206E #942D9D #BC40C8 #CD70D6 #DD9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40C8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40C8	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.221 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd9',
    500: '#bc40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40c8;
$custom-light: #d47fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59884,
    "c": 0.22148,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40C8

secondary

#99D094

accent

#DF4956

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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