#BC45B5#BC45B5

#BC45B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.200 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45B5
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 61.14, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 71.01, 329.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1731 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.2 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2075, 18.2860, 45.5930)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45B5 #45BC4C

analogous

#8745BC #BC45B5 #BC457A

triadic

#BC45B5 #B5BC45 #45B5BC

tetradic

#BC45B5 #BC8745 #45BC4C #457ABC

square

#BC45B5 #BC8745 #45BC4C #457ABC

split-complementary

#BC45B5 #7ABC45 #45BC87

monochromatic

#63245F #90348B #BC45B5 #CC72C7 #DC9FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC45B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC45B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45B5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45B5	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.200 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381cb',
    500: '#bc45b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45b5;
$custom-light: #d381cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5935,
    "c": 0.19958,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45B5

secondary

#94C997

accent

#D75951

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45B5

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

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