#BC40E7#BC40E7

#BC40E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.248 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40E7
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 72.03, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 94.64, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1775 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.248 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9940, 20.1291, 77.5224)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40E7 #6BE740

analogous

#6940E7 #BC40E7 #E740BE

triadic

#BC40E7 #E7BC40 #40E7BC

tetradic

#BC40E7 #E76940 #6BE740 #40BEE7

square

#BC40E7 #E76940 #6BE740 #40BEE7

split-complementary

#BC40E7 #BEE740 #40E769

monochromatic

#771399 #A11AD0 #BC40E7 #CF76EE #E2ADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC40E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC40E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40E7

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40E7	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.248 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580ef',
    500: '#bc40e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40e7;
$custom-light: #d580ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.551,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.24779,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40E7

secondary

#B1E3A0

accent

#F43465

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40E7

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

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