#BC40E1#BC40E1

#BC40E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.243 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40E1
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 70.90, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 91.98, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1781 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.243 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1610, 19.7959, 73.1358)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40E1 #65E140

analogous

#6C40E1 #BC40E1 #E140B6

triadic

#BC40E1 #E1BC40 #40E1BC

tetradic

#BC40E1 #E16C40 #65E140 #40B6E1

square

#BC40E1 #E16C40 #65E140 #40B6E1

split-complementary

#BC40E1 #B6E140 #40E16C

monochromatic

#741790 #9F1FC5 #BC40E1 #CF75E9 #E1AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC40E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40E1

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40E1	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.243 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480eb',
    500: '#bc40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40e1;
$custom-light: #d480eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.211,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61409,
    "c": 0.24262,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40E1

secondary

#ADDF9D

accent

#F03862

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40E1

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

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