#BC42BE#BC42BE

#BC42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.211 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42BE
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 63.86, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 76.05, 327.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1771 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.211 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9810, 18.3076, 50.5545)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42BE #44BE42

analogous

#7E42BE #BC42BE #BE4282

triadic

#BC42BE #BEBC42 #42BEBC

tetradic

#BC42BE #BE7E42 #44BE42 #4282BE

square

#BC42BE #BE7E42 #44BE42 #4282BE

split-complementary

#BC42BE #82BE42 #42BE7E

monochromatic

#622263 #8F3291 #BC42BE #CC70CE #DC9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42BE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42BE	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.211 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d2',
    500: '#bc42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42be;
$custom-light: #d480d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.032,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59517,
    "c": 0.21079,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42BE

secondary

#93CA92

accent

#D84F52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42BE

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

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