#BC42C7#BC42C7

#BC42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.218 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C7
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 65.41, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 79.82, 325.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1773 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.218 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9952, 18.7133, 55.8959)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C7 #4DC742

analogous

#7A42C7 #BC42C7 #C7428F

triadic

#BC42C7 #C7BC42 #42C7BC

tetradic

#BC42C7 #C77A42 #4DC742 #428FC7

square

#BC42C7 #C77A42 #4DC742 #428FC7

split-complementary

#BC42C7 #8FC742 #42C77A

monochromatic

#68216E #942F9D #BC42C7 #CD71D5 #DDA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C7

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C7	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.218 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d8',
    500: '#bc42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c7;
$custom-light: #d480d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.038,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60022,
    "c": 0.21821,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C7

secondary

#9AD095

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C7

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

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