#BC40EC#BC40EC

#BC40EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.252 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40EC
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 236)
HSL	hsl(283, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 72.99, -63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 96.86, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1769 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.252 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7102, 20.4156, 81.2948)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40EC #70EC40

analogous

#6640EC #BC40EC #EC40C6

triadic

#BC40EC #ECBC40 #40ECBC

tetradic

#BC40EC #EC6640 #70EC40 #40C6EC

square

#BC40EC #EC6640 #70EC40 #40C6EC

split-complementary

#BC40EC #C6EC40 #40EC66

monochromatic

#7910A2 #A316D9 #BC40EC #D078F2 #E3AFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC40EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC40EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40EC

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40EC	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3780E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.252 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580f3',
    500: '#bc40ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40ec;
$custom-light: #d580f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.256,
    "s": 81.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62127,
    "c": 0.25211,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40EC

secondary

#B5E6A2

accent

#F83068

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40EC

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

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