#BC40CC#BC40CC

#BC40CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.225 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40CC
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 67.06, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 82.83, 324.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1794 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.225 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4705, 18.7197, 58.9653)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40CC #50CC40

analogous

#7640CC #BC40CC #CC4096

triadic

#BC40CC #CCBC40 #40CCBC

tetradic

#BC40CC #CC7640 #50CC40 #4096CC

square

#BC40CC #CC7640 #50CC40 #4096CC

split-complementary

#BC40CC #96CC40 #40CC76

monochromatic

#691F73 #962CA3 #BC40CC #CD70D9 #DEA1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC40CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40CC

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40CC	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.225 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fdc',
    500: '#bc40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40cc;
$custom-light: #d47fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60117,
    "c": 0.22481,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40CC

secondary

#9CD295

accent

#E14758

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40CC

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

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