#BC42D7#BC42D7

#BC42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.232 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D7
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 68.29, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 86.73, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1769 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.232 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9515, 19.4958, 66.1988)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D7 #5DD742

analogous

#7242D7 #BC42D7 #D742A7

triadic

#BC42D7 #D7BC42 #42D7BC

tetradic

#BC42D7 #D77242 #5DD742 #42A7D7

square

#BC42D7 #D77242 #5DD742 #42A7D7

split-complementary

#BC42D7 #A7D742 #42D772

monochromatic

#701C83 #9B26B5 #BC42D7 #CE75E2 #E0A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BC42D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D7

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D7	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.232 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481e4',
    500: '#bc42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d7;
$custom-light: #d481e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.128,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6097,
    "c": 0.23176,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D7

secondary

#A6DA9B

accent

#E8405E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D7

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

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