#BC42E1#BC42E1

#BC42E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.240 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42E1
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 70.16, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 91.14, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1762 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.24 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2759, 20.0256, 73.1740)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42E1 #67E142

analogous

#6D42E1 #BC42E1 #E142B6

triadic

#BC42E1 #E1BC42 #42E1BC

tetradic

#BC42E1 #E16D42 #67E142 #42B6E1

square

#BC42E1 #E16D42 #67E142 #42B6E1

split-complementary

#BC42E1 #B6E142 #42E16D

monochromatic

#751792 #9F1FC6 #BC42E1 #CF77E9 #E1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BC42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BC42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42E1

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42E1	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.240 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481eb',
    500: '#bc42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42e1;
$custom-light: #d481eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.038,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.24039,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42E1

secondary

#AEE09F

accent

#EF3863

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42E1

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

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