#BC42C5#BC42C5

#BC42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.217 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C5
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 65.06, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 78.97, 325.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1773 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.217 325)
XYZ	xyz(32.7645, 18.6210, 54.6810)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C5 #4BC542

analogous

#7B42C5 #BC42C5 #C5428D

triadic

#BC42C5 #C5BC42 #42C5BC

tetradic

#BC42C5 #C57B42 #4BC542 #428DC5

square

#BC42C5 #C57B42 #4BC542 #428DC5

split-complementary

#BC42C5 #8DC542 #42C57B

monochromatic

#66216C #932F9A #BC42C5 #CD71D3 #DDA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C5	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#266EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.217 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d7',
    500: '#bc42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c5;
$custom-light: #d480d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.878,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.21655,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C5

secondary

#99CE95

accent

#DC4B55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C5

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

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