#BC45C5#BC45C5

#BC45C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.213 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45C5
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 65%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 63.88, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 77.62, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.174 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.213 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9444, 18.9808, 54.7409)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45C5 #4EC545

analogous

#7C45C5 #BC45C5 #C5458E

triadic

#BC45C5 #C5BC45 #45C5BC

tetradic

#BC45C5 #C57C45 #4EC545 #458EC5

square

#BC45C5 #C57C45 #4EC545 #458EC5

split-complementary

#BC45C5 #8EC545 #45C57C

monochromatic

#68226D #95319C #BC45C5 #CD74D4 #DEA2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC45C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC45C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45C5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45C5	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.213 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381d7',
    500: '#bc45c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45c5;
$custom-light: #d381d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.781,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60214,
    "c": 0.21275,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45C5

secondary

#9BCF97

accent

#DC4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45C5

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

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