#BC45E6#BC45E6

#BC45E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.241 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45E6
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 69.97, -59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 92.08, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1729 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.241 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1478, 20.6622, 76.8790)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45E6 #6FE645

analogous

#6B45E6 #BC45E6 #E645BF

triadic

#BC45E6 #E6BC45 #45E6BC

tetradic

#BC45E6 #E66B45 #6FE645 #45BFE6

square

#BC45E6 #E66B45 #6FE645 #45BFE6

split-complementary

#BC45E6 #BFE645 #45E66B

monochromatic

#79159C #A21CD2 #BC45E6 #CF7BED #E3B1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC45E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45E6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45E6	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4381E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.241 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483ef',
    500: '#bc45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45e6;
$custom-light: #d483ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.622,
    "c": 0.24136,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45E6

secondary

#B4E3A4

accent

#F33566

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45E6

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

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