#BC42BD#BC42BD

#BC42BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.210 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42BD
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 63.69, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 75.64, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1771 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.21 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8721, 18.2641, 49.9808)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42BD #43BD42

analogous

#7E42BD #BC42BD #BD4281

triadic

#BC42BD #BDBC42 #42BDBC

tetradic

#BC42BD #BD7E42 #43BD42 #4281BD

square

#BC42BD #BD7E42 #43BD42 #4281BD

split-complementary

#BC42BD #81BD42 #42BD7E

monochromatic

#622262 #8F3290 #BC42BD #CC6FCD #DC9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC42BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC42BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42BD

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42BD	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.210 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d1',
    500: '#bc42bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42bd;
$custom-light: #d380d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.512,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59463,
    "c": 0.20997,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42BD

secondary

#92C992

accent

#D85051

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42BD

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

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