#BC42BC#BC42BC

#BC42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.209 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42BC
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 63.52, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 75.23, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.177 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.209 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7639, 18.2208, 49.4111)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42BC #42BC42

analogous

#7F42BC #BC42BC #BC427F

triadic

#BC42BC #BCBC42 #42BCBC

tetradic

#BC42BC #BC7F42 #42BC42 #427FBC

square

#BC42BC #BC7F42 #42BC42 #427FBC

split-complementary

#BC42BC #7FBC42 #42BC7F

monochromatic

#612261 #8F328F #BC42BC #CC6FCC #DC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BC42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42BC

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42BC	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#316CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.209 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d0',
    500: '#bc42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42bc;
$custom-light: #d380d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59408,
    "c": 0.20916,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42BC

secondary

#91C991

accent

#D85050

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42BC

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

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