#BC42C8#BC42C8

#BC42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.219 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C8
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 65.59, -46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 80.25, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1773 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.219 324)
XYZ	xyz(33.1117, 18.7599, 56.5093)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C8 #4EC842

analogous

#7942C8 #BC42C8 #C84291

triadic

#BC42C8 #C8BC42 #42C8BC

tetradic

#BC42C8 #C87942 #4EC842 #4291C8

square

#BC42C8 #C87942 #4EC842 #4291C8

split-complementary

#BC42C8 #91C842 #42C879

monochromatic

#68206F #952E9F #BC42C8 #CD71D6 #DEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C8	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.219 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d9',
    500: '#bc42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c8;
$custom-light: #d480d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.627,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60079,
    "c": 0.21905,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C8

secondary

#9BD096

accent

#DE4A57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →