#BC42C2#BC42C2

#BC42C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.214 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C2
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 64.54, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 77.71, 326.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1772 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.214 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4242, 18.4849, 52.8886)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C2 #48C242

analogous

#7C42C2 #BC42C2 #C24288

triadic

#BC42C2 #C2BC42 #42C2BC

tetradic

#BC42C2 #C27C42 #48C242 #4288C2

square

#BC42C2 #C27C42 #48C242 #4288C2

split-complementary

#BC42C2 #88C242 #42C27C

monochromatic

#652268 #923196 #BC42C2 #CC70D1 #DD9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC42C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C2	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.214 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d5',
    500: '#bc42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c2;
$custom-light: #d480d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.188,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59739,
    "c": 0.21407,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C2

secondary

#96CC94

accent

#DB4D54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C2

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

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