#BC46E1#BC46E1

#BC46E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.236 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC46E1
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 68.63, -57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 89.40, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1723 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.236 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5178, 20.5094, 73.2547)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC46E1 #6BE146

analogous

#6E46E1 #BC46E1 #E146B9

triadic

#BC46E1 #E1BC46 #46E1BC

tetradic

#BC46E1 #E16E46 #6BE146 #46B9E1

square

#BC46E1 #E16E46 #6BE146 #46B9E1

split-complementary

#BC46E1 #B9E146 #46E16E

monochromatic

#771895 #A121C9 #BC46E1 #CF7BEA #E2AFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC46E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC46E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC46E1

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC46E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC46E1	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA648F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc46e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.236 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483eb',
    500: '#bc46e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc46e1;
$custom-light: #d483eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc46e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.677,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61981,
    "c": 0.23578,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC46E1

secondary

#B1E0A2

accent

#EF3964

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC46E1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →