#BC42D8#BC42D8

#BC42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.233 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42D8
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 68.48, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 87.17, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.1769 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.233 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0803, 19.5474, 66.8776)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42D8 #5ED842

analogous

#7142D8 #BC42D8 #D842A9

triadic

#BC42D8 #D8BC42 #42D8BC

tetradic

#BC42D8 #D87142 #5ED842 #42A9D8

square

#BC42D8 #D87142 #5ED842 #42A9D8

split-complementary

#BC42D8 #A9D842 #42D871

monochromatic

#711B84 #9C26B7 #BC42D8 #CE75E2 #E0A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BC42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BC42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42D8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42D8	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.233 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481e5',
    500: '#bc42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42d8;
$custom-light: #d481e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61031,
    "c": 0.23262,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42D8

secondary

#A7DA9C

accent

#E93F5F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42D8

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

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