#BC45C4#BC45C4

#BC45C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.212 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45C4
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 63.70, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 77.19, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.174 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.212 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8302, 18.9351, 54.1395)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45C4 #4DC445

analogous

#7C45C4 #BC45C4 #C4458D

triadic

#BC45C4 #C4BC45 #45C4BC

tetradic

#BC45C4 #C47C45 #4DC445 #458DC4

square

#BC45C4 #C47C45 #4DC445 #458DC4

split-complementary

#BC45C4 #8DC445 #45C47C

monochromatic

#68226C #94319B #BC45C4 #CD73D3 #DDA2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC45C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC45C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45C4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45C4	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.212 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381d6',
    500: '#bc45c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45c4;
$custom-light: #d381d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.22,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60158,
    "c": 0.21191,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45C4

secondary

#9ACE97

accent

#DB4D56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45C4

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

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