#BC42CC#BC42CC

#BC42CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.222 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42CC
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 66.30, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 81.96, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1773 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.222 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5853, 18.9493, 59.0036)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42CC #52CC42

analogous

#7742CC #BC42CC #CC4297

triadic

#BC42CC #CCBC42 #42CCBC

tetradic

#BC42CC #CC7742 #52CC42 #4297CC

square

#BC42CC #CC7742 #52CC42 #4297CC

split-complementary

#BC42CC #97CC42 #42CC77

monochromatic

#6A1F74 #972CA4 #BC42CC #CD72D9 #DEA2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC42CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42CC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42CC	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.222 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480dc',
    500: '#bc42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42cc;
$custom-light: #d480dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60311,
    "c": 0.22241,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42CC

secondary

#9ED397

accent

#E14759

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42CC

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

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