#BC40CF#BC40CF

#BC40CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.227 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40CF
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 67.59, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 84.11, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1793 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.227 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8337, 18.8650, 60.8786)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40CF #53CF40

analogous

#7440CF #BC40CF #CF409A

triadic

#BC40CF #CFBC40 #40CFBC

tetradic

#BC40CF #CF7440 #53CF40 #409ACF

square

#BC40CF #CF7440 #53CF40 #409ACF

split-complementary

#BC40CF #9ACF40 #40CF74

monochromatic

#6B1E77 #972AA8 #BC40CF #CD71DB #DEA2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC40CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC40CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40CF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40CF	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#096FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.227 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fde',
    500: '#bc40cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40cf;
$custom-light: #d47fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.028,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60295,
    "c": 0.22732,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40CF

secondary

#9FD497

accent

#E3455A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40CF

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

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