#BC42E7#BC42E7

#BC42E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.246 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42E7
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 71.30, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 93.81, 319.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1756 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.246 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1088, 20.3587, 77.5607)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42E7 #6DE742

analogous

#6942E7 #BC42E7 #E742BF

triadic

#BC42E7 #E7BC42 #42E7BC

tetradic

#BC42E7 #E76942 #6DE742 #42BFE7

square

#BC42E7 #E76942 #6DE742 #42BFE7

split-complementary

#BC42E7 #BFE742 #42E769

monochromatic

#78149B #A21BD1 #BC42E7 #CF78EE #E3AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC42E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BC42E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42E7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42E7	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.246 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581ef',
    500: '#bc42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42e7;
$custom-light: #d581ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6198,
    "c": 0.24561,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42E7

secondary

#B3E3A2

accent

#F43466

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42E7

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

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