#BC45D8#BC45D8

#BC45D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.229 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45D8
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 216)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 68.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 67.32, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 85.85, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1738 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.229 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2602, 19.9071, 66.9376)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45D8 #61D845

analogous

#7245D8 #BC45D8 #D845AB

triadic

#BC45D8 #D8BC45 #45D8BC

tetradic

#BC45D8 #D87245 #61D845 #45ABD8

square

#BC45D8 #D87245 #61D845 #45ABD8

split-complementary

#BC45D8 #ABD845 #45D872

monochromatic

#721C86 #9D27B9 #BC45D8 #CE78E3 #E0AAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BC45D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BC45D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45D8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45D8	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.229 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482e5',
    500: '#bc45d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45d8;
$custom-light: #d482e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.22906,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45D8

secondary

#AADB9E

accent

#E84060

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45D8

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

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