#BC42DB#BC42DB

#BC42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.235 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42DB
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 69.03, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 88.49, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1767 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.235 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4717, 19.7039, 68.9389)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42DB #61DB42

analogous

#6F42DB #BC42DB #DB42AD

triadic

#BC42DB #DBBC42 #42DBBC

tetradic

#BC42DB #DB6F42 #61DB42 #42ADDB

square

#BC42DB #DB6F42 #61DB42 #42ADDB

split-complementary

#BC42DB #ADDB42 #42DB6F

monochromatic

#721A89 #9D24BC #BC42DB #CE75E5 #E0A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BC42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42DB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42DB	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.235 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481e7',
    500: '#bc42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42db;
$custom-light: #d481e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.843,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61217,
    "c": 0.23521,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42DB

secondary

#AADC9D

accent

#EB3D60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42DB

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

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