#BC42B4#BC42B4

#BC42B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.203 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42B4
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 62.19, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 72.00, 329.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1765 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.203 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9253, 17.8853, 44.9946)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42B4 #42BC4A

analogous

#8742BC #BC42B4 #BC4277

triadic

#BC42B4 #B4BC42 #42B4BC

tetradic

#BC42B4 #BC8742 #42BC4A #4277BC

square

#BC42B4 #BC8742 #42BC4A #4277BC

split-complementary

#BC42B4 #77BC42 #42BC87

monochromatic

#61225D #8F3289 #BC42B4 #CC6FC6 #DC9CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC42B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC42B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42B4

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42B4	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.203 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fcb',
    500: '#bc42b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42b4;
$custom-light: #d37fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58983,
    "c": 0.20276,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42B4

secondary

#91C995

accent

#D85950

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42B4

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

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