#BC42D1#BC42D1

#BC42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.227 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D1
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 67.20, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 84.11, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.1772 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.227 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1946, 19.1931, 62.2127)
Luminance	0.1919 (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

#BC42D1 #57D142

analogous

#7542D1 #BC42D1 #D1429F

triadic

#BC42D1 #D1BC42 #42D1BC

tetradic

#BC42D1 #D17542 #57D142 #429FD1

square

#BC42D1 #D17542 #57D142 #429FD1

split-complementary

#BC42D1 #9FD142 #42D175

monochromatic

#6D1E7B #992AAC #BC42D1 #CD73DD #DFA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BC42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BC42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D1

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D1	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B71D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.227 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e0',
    500: '#bc42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d1;
$custom-light: #d480e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.189,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60607,
    "c": 0.22664,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D1

secondary

#A2D699

accent

#E4445B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D1

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

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