#BC42E0#BC42E0

#BC42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.240 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42E0
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 69.97, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 90.70, 320.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1763 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.24 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1398, 19.9712, 72.4577)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42E0 #66E042

analogous

#6D42E0 #BC42E0 #E042B5

triadic

#BC42E0 #E0BC42 #42E0BC

tetradic

#BC42E0 #E06D42 #66E042 #42B5E0

square

#BC42E0 #E06D42 #66E042 #42B5E0

split-complementary

#BC42E0 #B5E042 #42E06D

monochromatic

#751890 #9F20C5 #BC42E0 #CF77E9 #E1ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BC42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BC42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42E0

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42E0	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA628D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.240 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ea',
    500: '#bc42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42e0;
$custom-light: #d481ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.329,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61531,
    "c": 0.23952,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42E0

secondary

#ADDF9F

accent

#EF3963

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42E0

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

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