#BC42EA#BC42EA

#BC42EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.248 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42EA
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(284, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 71.88, -62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 95.15, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1753 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.248 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5361, 20.5297, 79.8113)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42EA #70EA42

analogous

#6842EA #BC42EA #EA42C4

triadic

#BC42EA #EABC42 #42EABC

tetradic

#BC42EA #EA6842 #70EA42 #42C4EA

square

#BC42EA #EA6842 #70EA42 #42C4EA

split-complementary

#BC42EA #C4EA42 #42EA68

monochromatic

#7912A0 #A318D7 #BC42EA #D079F0 #E3B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BC42EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42EA

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42EA	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B80E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.248 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581f2',
    500: '#bc42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42ea;
$custom-light: #d581f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62176,
    "c": 0.24823,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42EA

secondary

#B5E5A3

accent

#F63167

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42EA

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

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