#BC42CD#BC42CD

#BC42CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.223 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42CD
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 66.48, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 82.39, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1773 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.223 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7056, 18.9975, 59.6373)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42CD #53CD42

analogous

#7642CD #BC42CD #CD4298

triadic

#BC42CD #CDBC42 #42CDBC

tetradic

#BC42CD #CD7642 #53CD42 #4298CD

square

#BC42CD #CD7642 #53CD42 #4298CD

split-complementary

#BC42CD #98CD42 #42CD76

monochromatic

#6B1F76 #972CA6 #BC42CD #CD72DA #DEA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC42CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42CD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42CD	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1870D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.223 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480dd',
    500: '#bc42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42cd;
$custom-light: #d480dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.662,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6037,
    "c": 0.22325,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42CD

secondary

#9FD397

accent

#E14659

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42CD

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

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