#BC42FD#BC42FD

#BC42FD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.265 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42FD
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 253)
HSL	hsl(279, 98%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 75.61, -70.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 103.68, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1726 -0.201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.265 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4134, 21.6806, 94.9653)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42FD #83FD42

analogous

#5E42FD #BC42FD #FD42E1

triadic

#BC42FD #FDBC42 #42FDBC

tetradic

#BC42FD #FD5E42 #83FD42 #42E1FD

square

#BC42FD #FD5E42 #83FD42 #42E1FD

split-complementary

#BC42FD #E1FD42 #42FD5E

monochromatic

#8002C3 #A705FC #BC42FD #D17FFE #E7BBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BC42FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BC42FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC42FD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC42FD	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1582F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.265 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d682ff',
    500: '#bc42fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42fd;
$custom-light: #d682ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.144,
    "s": 97.906,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63462,
    "c": 0.26492,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42FD

secondary

#C3EFAB

accent

#E60050

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42FD

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

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