#BC42AE#BC42AE

#BC42AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.198 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42AE
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 61.22, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 69.65, 331.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.176 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.198 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3273, 17.6461, 41.8449)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42AE #42BC50

analogous

#8D42BC #BC42AE #BC4271

triadic

#BC42AE #AEBC42 #42AEBC

tetradic

#BC42AE #BC8D42 #42BC50 #4271BC

square

#BC42AE #BC8D42 #42BC50 #4271BC

split-complementary

#BC42AE #71BC42 #42BC8D

monochromatic

#61225A #8F3284 #BC42AE #CC6FC2 #DC9CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC42AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC42AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42AE

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42AE	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D69B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.198 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc6',
    500: '#bc42ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42ae;
$custom-light: #d37fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58675,
    "c": 0.19809,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42AE

secondary

#91C998

accent

#D86050

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42AE

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

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