#BC42B7#BC42B7

#BC42B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.205 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42B7
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 62.68, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 73.20, 328.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1767 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.205 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2342, 18.0089, 46.6215)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42B7 #42BC47

analogous

#8442BC #BC42B7 #BC427A

triadic

#BC42B7 #B7BC42 #42B7BC

tetradic

#BC42B7 #BC8442 #42BC47 #427ABC

square

#BC42B7 #BC8442 #42BC47 #427ABC

split-complementary

#BC42B7 #7ABC42 #42BC84

monochromatic

#61225F #8F328B #BC42B7 #CC6FC9 #DC9CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC42B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42B7

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42B7	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.205 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fcd',
    500: '#bc42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42b7;
$custom-light: #d37fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.459,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5914,
    "c": 0.20514,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42B7

secondary

#91C994

accent

#D85650

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42B7

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

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