#BC42CE#BC42CE

#BC42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.224 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42CE
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 66.66, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 82.82, 323.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1773 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.224 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8267, 19.0459, 60.2750)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42CE #54CE42

analogous

#7642CE #BC42CE #CE429A

triadic

#BC42CE #CEBC42 #42CEBC

tetradic

#BC42CE #CE7642 #54CE42 #429ACE

square

#BC42CE #CE7642 #54CE42 #429ACE

split-complementary

#BC42CE #9ACE42 #42CE76

monochromatic

#6B1F77 #972BA7 #BC42CE #CD73DB #DEA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BC42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BC42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42CE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42CE	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1570D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.224 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480dd',
    500: '#bc42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42ce;
$custom-light: #d480dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60429,
    "c": 0.22409,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42CE

secondary

#A0D498

accent

#E2465A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42CE

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

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