#BC42E2#BC42E2

#BC42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.241 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42E2
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 70.35, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 91.58, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1761 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.241 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4127, 20.0803, 73.8946)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42E2 #68E242

analogous

#6C42E2 #BC42E2 #E242B8

triadic

#BC42E2 #E2BC42 #42E2BC

tetradic

#BC42E2 #E26C42 #68E242 #42B8E2

square

#BC42E2 #E26C42 #68E242 #42B8E2

split-complementary

#BC42E2 #B8E242 #42E26C

monochromatic

#751793 #A01FC8 #BC42E2 #CF77EA #E2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BC42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42E2

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42E2	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.241 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ec',
    500: '#bc42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42e2;
$custom-light: #d481ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61658,
    "c": 0.24126,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42E2

secondary

#AFE09F

accent

#F03864

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42E2

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

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