#BC42AC#BC42AC

#BC42AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.197 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42AC
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 60.90, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 68.89, 332.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1757 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.197 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1338, 17.5687, 40.8257)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42AC #42BC52

analogous

#8F42BC #BC42AC #BC426F

triadic

#BC42AC #ACBC42 #42ACBC

tetradic

#BC42AC #BC8F42 #42BC52 #426FBC

square

#BC42AC #BC8F42 #42BC52 #426FBC

split-complementary

#BC42AC #6FBC42 #42BC8F

monochromatic

#612259 #8F3283 #BC42AC #CC6FC0 #DC9CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC42AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC42AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42AC

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42AC	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F69AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.197 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc5',
    500: '#bc42ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42ac;
$custom-light: #d37fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.869,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58575,
    "c": 0.19656,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42AC

secondary

#91C999

accent

#D86250

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42AC

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

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