#BC42C1#BC42C1

#BC42C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.213 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C1
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 64.37, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 77.30, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1772 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.213 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3123, 18.4401, 52.2991)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C1 #47C142

analogous

#7C42C1 #BC42C1 #C14286

triadic

#BC42C1 #C1BC42 #42C1BC

tetradic

#BC42C1 #C17C42 #47C142 #4286C1

square

#BC42C1 #C17C42 #47C142 #4286C1

split-complementary

#BC42C1 #86C142 #42C17C

monochromatic

#642267 #913195 #BC42C1 #CC70D0 #DD9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC42C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C1

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C1	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.213 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d4',
    500: '#bc42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c1;
$custom-light: #d480d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.638,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59683,
    "c": 0.21324,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C1

secondary

#95CC93

accent

#DA4E53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C1

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

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