#BC40D4#BC40D4

#BC40D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.232 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40D4
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 68.50, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 86.28, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1791 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.232 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4547, 19.1134, 64.1490)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40D4 #58D440

analogous

#7240D4 #BC40D4 #D440A2

triadic

#BC40D4 #D4BC40 #40D4BC

tetradic

#BC40D4 #D47240 #58D440 #40A2D4

square

#BC40D4 #D47240 #58D440 #40A2D4

split-complementary

#BC40D4 #A2D440 #40D472

monochromatic

#6E1C7D #9927AF #BC40D4 #CE72DF #DFA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BC40D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40D4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40D4	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.232 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fe2',
    500: '#bc40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40d4;
$custom-light: #d47fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60596,
    "c": 0.23153,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40D4

secondary

#A3D798

accent

#E6425C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40D4

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

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