#BC42C9#BC42C9

#BC42C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.220 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42C9
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 65.77, -46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 80.67, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1773 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.22 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2289, 18.8068, 57.1268)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42C9 #4FC942

analogous

#7842C9 #BC42C9 #C94293

triadic

#BC42C9 #C9BC42 #42C9BC

tetradic

#BC42C9 #C97842 #4FC942 #4293C9

square

#BC42C9 #C97842 #4FC942 #4293C9

split-complementary

#BC42C9 #93C942 #42C978

monochromatic

#692070 #952EA0 #BC42C9 #CD72D7 #DEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42C9

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42C9	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.220 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480da',
    500: '#bc42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42c9;
$custom-light: #d480da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60137,
    "c": 0.21988,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42C9

secondary

#9CD196

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42C9

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

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