#BC42BA#BC42BA

#BC42BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.208 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42BA
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(301, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 63.18, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 74.41, 328.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1769 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.208 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5498, 18.1351, 48.2835)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42BA #42BC44

analogous

#8142BC #BC42BA #BC427D

triadic

#BC42BA #BABC42 #42BABC

tetradic

#BC42BA #BC8142 #42BC44 #427DBC

square

#BC42BA #BC8142 #42BC44 #427DBC

split-complementary

#BC42BA #7DBC42 #42BC81

monochromatic

#612260 #8F328D #BC42BA #CC6FCB #DC9CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC42BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC42BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42BA

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42BA	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.208 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380cf',
    500: '#bc42ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42ba;
$custom-light: #d380cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.593,
    "c": 0.20755,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42BA

secondary

#91C992

accent

#D85250

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42BA

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

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