#BC40D9#BC40D9

#BC40D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.236 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40D9
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 69.41, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 88.46, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1788 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.236 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0952, 19.3696, 67.5223)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40D9 #5DD940

analogous

#6F40D9 #BC40D9 #D940AA

triadic

#BC40D9 #D9BC40 #40D9BC

tetradic

#BC40D9 #D96F40 #5DD940 #40AAD9

square

#BC40D9 #D96F40 #5DD940 #40AAD9

split-complementary

#BC40D9 #AAD940 #40D96F

monochromatic

#701A84 #9B24B7 #BC40D9 #CE73E3 #E0A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC40D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40D9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40D9	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.236 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e5',
    500: '#bc40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40d9;
$custom-light: #d480e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.627,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60904,
    "c": 0.23578,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40D9

secondary

#A6DA9A

accent

#EA3E5F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40D9

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

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