#BC42D2#BC42D2

#BC42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.227 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D2
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 67.38, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 84.55, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1771 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.227 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3188, 19.2427, 62.8668)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D2 #58D242

analogous

#7442D2 #BC42D2 #D242A0

triadic

#BC42D2 #D2BC42 #42D2BC

tetradic

#BC42D2 #D27442 #58D242 #42A0D2

square

#BC42D2 #D27442 #58D242 #42A0D2

split-complementary

#BC42D2 #A0D242 #42D274

monochromatic

#6E1E7C #9929AD #BC42D2 #CE73DE #DFA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BC42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D2	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0671D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.227 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e0',
    500: '#bc42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d2;
$custom-light: #d480e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60667,
    "c": 0.22749,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D2

secondary

#A3D799

accent

#E5435C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D2

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

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