#BC46E6#BC46E6

#BC46E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.240 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC46E6
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 69.59, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 91.64, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1719 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.24 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2099, 20.7863, 76.8996)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC46E6 #70E646

analogous

#6C46E6 #BC46E6 #E646C0

triadic

#BC46E6 #E6BC46 #46E6BC

tetradic

#BC46E6 #E66C46 #70E646 #46C0E6

square

#BC46E6 #E66C46 #70E646 #46C0E6

split-complementary

#BC46E6 #C0E646 #46E66C

monochromatic

#79159C #A31CD2 #BC46E6 #D07CED #E3B2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BC46E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BC46E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC46E6

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC46E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC46E6	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc46e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.240 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483ef',
    500: '#bc46e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc46e6;
$custom-light: #d483ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc46e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.25,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62298,
    "c": 0.24021,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC46E6

secondary

#B5E3A4

accent

#F33567

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC46E6

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

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