#BC42DD#BC42DD

#BC42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.237 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42DD
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 69.41, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 89.37, 320.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.1765 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.237 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7366, 19.8099, 70.3339)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42DD #63DD42

analogous

#6F42DD #BC42DD #DD42B1

triadic

#BC42DD #DDBC42 #42DDBC

tetradic

#BC42DD #DD6F42 #63DD42 #42B1DD

square

#BC42DD #DD6F42 #63DD42 #42B1DD

split-complementary

#BC42DD #B1DD42 #42DD6F

monochromatic

#73198C #9E22BF #BC42DD #CE76E6 #E1AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42DD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42DD	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB608B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.237 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481e8',
    500: '#bc42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42dd;
$custom-light: #d481e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61342,
    "c": 0.23693,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42DD

secondary

#ABDD9D

accent

#EC3B61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42DD

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

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