#BC42DC#BC42DC

#BC42DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.236 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42DC
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 69.22, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 88.93, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1766 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.236 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6038, 19.7567, 69.6343)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42DC #62DC42

analogous

#6F42DC #BC42DC #DC42AF

triadic

#BC42DC #DCBC42 #42DCBC

tetradic

#BC42DC #DC6F42 #62DC42 #42AFDC

square

#BC42DC #DC6F42 #62DC42 #42AFDC

split-complementary

#BC42DC #AFDC42 #42DC6F

monochromatic

#731A8A #9E23BE #BC42DC #CE76E6 #E1A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BC42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BC42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42DC

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42DC	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB608B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.236 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481e8',
    500: '#bc42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42dc;
$custom-light: #d481e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.532,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61279,
    "c": 0.23607,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42DC

secondary

#AADD9D

accent

#EC3C61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42DC

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

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