#BC42D4#BC42D4

#BC42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.229 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D4
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 67.74, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 85.42, 322.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1771 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.229 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5695, 19.3430, 64.1873)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D4 #5AD442

analogous

#7342D4 #BC42D4 #D442A3

triadic

#BC42D4 #D4BC42 #42D4BC

tetradic

#BC42D4 #D47342 #5AD442 #42A3D4

square

#BC42D4 #D47342 #5AD442 #42A3D4

split-complementary

#BC42D4 #A3D442 #42D473

monochromatic

#6F1D7F #9A28B1 #BC42D4 #CE74DF #DFA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D4	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.229 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e2',
    500: '#bc42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d4;
$custom-light: #d480e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.137,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60787,
    "c": 0.22919,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D4

secondary

#A4D89A

accent

#E6425D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D4

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

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