#BC42C6#BC42C6

#BC42C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.217 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C6
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 65.24, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 79.40, 325.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1773 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.217 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8795, 18.6670, 55.2864)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C6 #4CC642

analogous

#7A42C6 #BC42C6 #C6428E

triadic

#BC42C6 #C6BC42 #42C6BC

tetradic

#BC42C6 #C67A42 #4CC642 #428EC6

square

#BC42C6 #C67A42 #4CC642 #428EC6

split-complementary

#BC42C6 #8EC642 #42C67A

monochromatic

#67216D #942F9C #BC42C6 #CD71D4 #DDA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C6	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.217 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d8',
    500: '#bc42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c6;
$custom-light: #d480d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59965,
    "c": 0.21738,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C6

secondary

#99CF95

accent

#DD4B56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C6

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

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