#BC42D3#BC42D3

#BC42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.228 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D3
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 67.56, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 84.98, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1771 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.228 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4438, 19.2927, 63.5250)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D3 #59D342

analogous

#7442D3 #BC42D3 #D342A2

triadic

#BC42D3 #D3BC42 #42D3BC

tetradic

#BC42D3 #D37442 #59D342 #42A2D3

square

#BC42D3 #D37442 #59D342 #42A2D3

split-complementary

#BC42D3 #A2D342 #42D374

monochromatic

#6E1D7D #9A29AF #BC42D3 #CE74DF #DFA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BC42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BC42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D3	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0271D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.228 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e1',
    500: '#bc42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d3;
$custom-light: #d480e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.483,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60727,
    "c": 0.22834,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D3

secondary

#A3D79A

accent

#E5425C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D3

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

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