#BC43C5#BC43C5

#BC43C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.215 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC43C5
RGB	rgb(188, 67, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 66%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 64.67, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 78.53, 325.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.1762 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.215 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8234, 18.7389, 54.7006)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC43C5 #4CC543

analogous

#7B43C5 #BC43C5 #C5438D

triadic

#BC43C5 #C5BC43 #43C5BC

tetradic

#BC43C5 #C57B43 #4CC543 #438DC5

square

#BC43C5 #C57B43 #4CC543 #438DC5

split-complementary

#BC43C5 #8DC543 #43C57B

monochromatic

#67216C #94309B #BC43C5 #CD72D3 #DDA1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC43C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC43C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC43C5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC43C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC43C5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc43c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 67, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.215 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d7',
    500: '#bc43c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc43c5;
$custom-light: #d480d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc43c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60008,
    "c": 0.21529,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC43C5

secondary

#99CE95

accent

#DC4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC43C5

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

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