#BC40D2#BC40D2

#BC40D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.230 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40D2
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 68.13, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 85.41, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1792 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.23 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2040, 19.0131, 62.8285)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40D2 #56D240

analogous

#7340D2 #BC40D2 #D2409F

triadic

#BC40D2 #D2BC40 #40D2BC

tetradic

#BC40D2 #D27340 #56D240 #409FD2

square

#BC40D2 #D27340 #56D240 #409FD2

split-complementary

#BC40D2 #9FD240 #40D273

monochromatic

#6D1D7B #9829AC #BC40D2 #CD72DE #DFA3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BC40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC40D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40D2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40D2	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.230 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fe0',
    500: '#bc40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40d2;
$custom-light: #d47fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.959,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60475,
    "c": 0.22985,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40D2

secondary

#A1D698

accent

#E5435B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40D2

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

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