#BC42A9#BC42A9

#BC42A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.194 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42A9
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(309, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 60.43, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 67.76, 333.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1754 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.194 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8489, 17.4548, 39.3254)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42A9 #42BC55

analogous

#9242BC #BC42A9 #BC426C

triadic

#BC42A9 #A9BC42 #42A9BC

tetradic

#BC42A9 #BC9242 #42BC55 #426CBC

square

#BC42A9 #BC9242 #42BC55 #426CBC

split-complementary

#BC42A9 #6CBC42 #42BC92

monochromatic

#612258 #8F3280 #BC42A9 #CC6FBE #DC9CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC42A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC42A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42A9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42A9	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4168AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.194 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc3',
    500: '#bc42a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42a9;
$custom-light: #d37fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.344,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.1943,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42A9

secondary

#91C99A

accent

#D86550

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42A9

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

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