#BC42E3#BC42E3

#BC42E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.242 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42E3
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 70.54, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 92.03, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.176 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.242 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5503, 20.1353, 74.6194)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42E3 #69E342

analogous

#6C42E3 #BC42E3 #E342B9

triadic

#BC42E3 #E3BC42 #42E3BC

tetradic

#BC42E3 #E36C42 #69E342 #42B9E3

square

#BC42E3 #E36C42 #69E342 #42B9E3

split-complementary

#BC42E3 #B9E342 #42E36C

monochromatic

#761695 #A01ECA #BC42E3 #CF77EB #E2ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC42E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42E3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42E3	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA638F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.242 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ed',
    500: '#bc42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42e3;
$custom-light: #d481ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.466,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61722,
    "c": 0.24213,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42E3

secondary

#B0E1A0

accent

#F13764

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42E3

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

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