#BC40D3#BC40D3

#BC40D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.231 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40D3
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 68.31, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 85.84, 322.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1791 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.231 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3289, 19.0631, 63.4867)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40D3 #57D340

analogous

#7340D3 #BC40D3 #D340A1

triadic

#BC40D3 #D3BC40 #40D3BC

tetradic

#BC40D3 #D37340 #57D340 #40A1D3

square

#BC40D3 #D37340 #57D340 #40A1D3

split-complementary

#BC40D3 #A1D340 #40D373

monochromatic

#6D1D7C #9928AE #BC40D3 #CD72DE #DFA3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BC40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BC40D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40D3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40D3	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.231 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fe1',
    500: '#bc40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40d3;
$custom-light: #d47fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.612,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60536,
    "c": 0.23069,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40D3

secondary

#A2D798

accent

#E6425C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40D3

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

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