#BC40C9#BC40C9

#BC40C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.222 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40C9
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 66.53, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 81.55, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1794 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.222 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1141, 18.5772, 57.0886)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40C9 #4DC940

analogous

#7840C9 #BC40C9 #C94091

triadic

#BC40C9 #C9BC40 #40C9BC

tetradic

#BC40C9 #C97840 #4DC940 #4091C9

square

#BC40C9 #C97840 #4DC940 #4091C9

split-complementary

#BC40C9 #91C940 #40C978

monochromatic

#681F6F #942D9F #BC40C9 #CD70D6 #DD9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40C9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40C9	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.222 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fda',
    500: '#bc40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40c9;
$custom-light: #d47fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.307,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59942,
    "c": 0.22231,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40C9

secondary

#9AD094

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40C9

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

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