#BC42C4#BC42C4

#BC42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.216 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C4
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 64.89, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 78.55, 325.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1773 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.216 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6503, 18.5753, 54.0795)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C4 #4AC442

analogous

#7B42C4 #BC42C4 #C4428B

triadic

#BC42C4 #C4BC42 #42C4BC

tetradic

#BC42C4 #C47B42 #4AC442 #428BC4

square

#BC42C4 #C47B42 #4AC442 #428BC4

split-complementary

#BC42C4 #8BC442 #42C47B

monochromatic

#66216A #933099 #BC42C4 #CD71D3 #DD9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C4	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	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)

#286EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.216 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d6',
    500: '#bc42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c4;
$custom-light: #d480d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.21572,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C4

secondary

#98CE94

accent

#DC4C55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C4

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

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