#BC42E6#BC42E6

#BC42E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.245 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42E6
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 71.11, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 93.36, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1758 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.245 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9679, 20.3024, 76.8190)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42E6 #6CE642

analogous

#6A42E6 #BC42E6 #E642BE

triadic

#BC42E6 #E6BC42 #42E6BC

tetradic

#BC42E6 #E66A42 #6CE642 #42BEE6

square

#BC42E6 #E66A42 #6CE642 #42BEE6

split-complementary

#BC42E6 #BEE642 #42E66A

monochromatic

#771499 #A11BCF #BC42E6 #CF78ED #E2AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC42E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC42E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42E6

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42E6	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4080E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.245 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581ef',
    500: '#bc42e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42e6;
$custom-light: #d581ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.634,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61915,
    "c": 0.24475,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42E6

secondary

#B2E3A1

accent

#F33565

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42E6

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

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