#BC42AD#BC42AD

#BC42AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.197 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42AD
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 61.06, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 69.27, 331.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1759 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.197 333)
XYZ	xyz(30.2302, 17.6073, 41.3334)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42AD #42BC51

analogous

#8E42BC #BC42AD #BC4270

triadic

#BC42AD #ADBC42 #42ADBC

tetradic

#BC42AD #BC8E42 #42BC51 #4270BC

square

#BC42AD #BC8E42 #42BC51 #4270BC

split-complementary

#BC42AD #70BC42 #42BC8E

monochromatic

#61225A #8F3283 #BC42AD #CC6FC1 #DC9CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC42AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC42AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42AD

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42AD	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E69B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.197 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc6',
    500: '#bc42ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42ad;
$custom-light: #d37fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.377,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58625,
    "c": 0.19732,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.17605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42AD

secondary

#91C998

accent

#D86150

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42AD

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

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