#BC42C3#BC42C3

#BC42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.215 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C3
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 64.72, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 78.13, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1773 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.215 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5369, 18.5300, 53.4821)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C3 #49C342

analogous

#7B42C3 #BC42C3 #C34289

triadic

#BC42C3 #C3BC42 #42C3BC

tetradic

#BC42C3 #C37B42 #49C342 #4289C3

square

#BC42C3 #C37B42 #49C342 #4289C3

split-complementary

#BC42C3 #89C342 #42C37B

monochromatic

#652169 #923098 #BC42C3 #CC70D2 #DD9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C3	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.215 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d6',
    500: '#bc42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c3;
$custom-light: #d480d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.744,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59795,
    "c": 0.21489,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C3

secondary

#97CD94

accent

#DB4D54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C3

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

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