#BC42DF#BC42DF

#BC42DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.239 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42DF
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 69.78, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 90.25, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.1764 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.239 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0046, 19.9171, 71.7456)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42DF #65DF42

analogous

#6E42DF #BC42DF #DF42B4

triadic

#BC42DF #DFBC42 #42DFBC

tetradic

#BC42DF #DF6E42 #65DF42 #42B4DF

square

#BC42DF #DF6E42 #65DF42 #42B4DF

split-complementary

#BC42DF #B4DF42 #42DF6E

monochromatic

#74188E #9F21C3 #BC42DF #CF76E8 #E1ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BC42DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BC42DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42DF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42DF	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB618C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.239 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ea',
    500: '#bc42df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42df;
$custom-light: #d481ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.624,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61467,
    "c": 0.23866,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42DF

secondary

#ADDF9E

accent

#EE3A62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42DF

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

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