#BC40D5#BC40D5

#BC40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.232 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40D5
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 68.68, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 86.71, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.179 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.232 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5812, 19.1640, 64.8154)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40D5 #59D540

analogous

#7240D5 #BC40D5 #D540A4

triadic

#BC40D5 #D5BC40 #40D5BC

tetradic

#BC40D5 #D57240 #59D540 #40A4D5

square

#BC40D5 #D57240 #59D540 #40A4D5

split-complementary

#BC40D5 #A4D540 #40D572

monochromatic

#6E1C7F #9A27B1 #BC40D5 #CE72E0 #DFA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC40D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40D5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40D5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.232 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fe3',
    500: '#bc40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40d5;
$custom-light: #d47fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.933,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.23238,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40D5

secondary

#A3D899

accent

#E7415D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40D5

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

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