#BC42D5#BC42D5

#BC42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.230 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D5
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 67.93, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 85.86, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.177 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.23 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6960, 19.3936, 64.8537)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D5 #5BD542

analogous

#7342D5 #BC42D5 #D542A4

triadic

#BC42D5 #D5BC42 #42D5BC

tetradic

#BC42D5 #D57342 #5BD542 #42A4D5

square

#BC42D5 #D57342 #5BD542 #42A4D5

split-complementary

#BC42D5 #A4D542 #42D573

monochromatic

#6F1C80 #9B28B2 #BC42D5 #CE74E0 #E0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D5	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.230 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e2',
    500: '#bc42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d5;
$custom-light: #d480e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.796,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60848,
    "c": 0.23005,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D5

secondary

#A5D89A

accent

#E7415D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D5

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

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