#BC42CF#BC42CF

#BC42CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.225 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42CF
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 66.84, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 83.25, 323.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1772 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.225 322)
XYZ	xyz(33.9485, 19.0946, 60.9168)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42CF #55CF42

analogous

#7542CF #BC42CF #CF429B

triadic

#BC42CF #CFBC42 #42CFBC

tetradic

#BC42CF #CF7542 #55CF42 #429BCF

square

#BC42CF #CF7542 #55CF42 #429BCF

split-complementary

#BC42CF #9BCF42 #42CF75

monochromatic

#6C1F78 #982BA9 #BC42CF #CD73DB #DFA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BC42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BC42CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42CF

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42CF	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1270D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.225 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480de',
    500: '#bc42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42cf;
$custom-light: #d480de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.915,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60488,
    "c": 0.22494,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.19093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42CF

secondary

#A0D598

accent

#E3455A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42CF

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

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