#BC42BB#BC42BB

#BC42BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.208 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42BB
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 63.35, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 74.82, 327.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.177 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.208 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6565, 18.1778, 48.8454)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42BB #42BC43

analogous

#8042BC #BC42BB #BC427E

triadic

#BC42BB #BBBC42 #42BBBC

tetradic

#BC42BB #BC8042 #42BC43 #427EBC

square

#BC42BB #BC8042 #42BC43 #427EBC

split-complementary

#BC42BB #7EBC42 #42BC80

monochromatic

#612261 #8F328E #BC42BB #CC6FCC #DC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BC42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BC42BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42BB

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42BB	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.208 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d0',
    500: '#bc42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42bb;
$custom-light: #d380d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.492,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59354,
    "c": 0.20835,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42BB

secondary

#91C992

accent

#D85150

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42BB

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

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