#BC42D6#BC42D6

#BC42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.231 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D6
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 68.11, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 86.29, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.177 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.231 320)
XYZ	xyz(34.8234, 19.4446, 65.5242)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D6 #5CD642

analogous

#7242D6 #BC42D6 #D642A6

triadic

#BC42D6 #D6BC42 #42D6BC

tetradic

#BC42D6 #D67242 #5CD642 #42A6D6

square

#BC42D6 #D67242 #5CD642 #42A6D6

split-complementary

#BC42D6 #A6D642 #42D672

monochromatic

#701C82 #9B27B4 #BC42D6 #CE74E1 #E0A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BC42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D6

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D6	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.231 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e3',
    500: '#bc42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d6;
$custom-light: #d480e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.459,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60909,
    "c": 0.23091,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.19443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D6

secondary

#A6D99B

accent

#E7405E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D6

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

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