#BC40E0#BC40E0

#BC40E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.242 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40E0
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 70.71, -58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 91.53, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1782 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.242 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0250, 19.7415, 72.4194)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40E0 #64E040

analogous

#6C40E0 #BC40E0 #E040B4

triadic

#BC40E0 #E0BC40 #40E0BC

tetradic

#BC40E0 #E06C40 #64E040 #40B4E0

square

#BC40E0 #E06C40 #64E040 #40B4E0

split-complementary

#BC40E0 #B4E040 #40E06C

monochromatic

#74178E #9E20C3 #BC40E0 #CE75E9 #E1A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BC40E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BC40E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40E0

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40E0	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.242 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480ea',
    500: '#bc40e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40e0;
$custom-light: #d480ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61345,
    "c": 0.24176,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40E0

secondary

#ACDF9D

accent

#EF3962

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40E0

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

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