#BC42C0#BC42C0

#BC42C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.212 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C0
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 64.20, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 76.88, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1772 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.212 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2011, 18.3957, 51.7136)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C0 #46C042

analogous

#7D42C0 #BC42C0 #C04285

triadic

#BC42C0 #C0BC42 #42C0BC

tetradic

#BC42C0 #C07D42 #46C042 #4285C0

square

#BC42C0 #C07D42 #46C042 #4285C0

split-complementary

#BC42C0 #85C042 #42C07D

monochromatic

#642266 #903194 #BC42C0 #CC70CF #DD9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC42C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C0

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C0	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.212 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d3',
    500: '#bc42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c0;
$custom-light: #d480d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.095,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.21242,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C0

secondary

#95CB93

accent

#DA4E53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C0

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

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