#BC47D4#BC47D4

#BC47D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.223 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC47D4
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 65.78, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 83.18, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1718 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.223 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8745, 19.9530, 64.2889)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC47D4 #5FD447

analogous

#7547D4 #BC47D4 #D447A6

triadic

#BC47D4 #D4BC47 #47D4BC

tetradic

#BC47D4 #D47547 #5FD447 #47A6D4

square

#BC47D4 #D47547 #5FD447 #47A6D4

split-complementary

#BC47D4 #A6D447 #47D475

monochromatic

#711E82 #9C2AB4 #BC47D4 #CE79E0 #E0AAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BC47D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BC47D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC47D4

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC47D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC47D4	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1673D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5480D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc47d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.223 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483e2',
    500: '#bc47d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc47d4;
$custom-light: #d483e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc47d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.787,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61288,
    "c": 0.2231,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC47D4

secondary

#A8D99E

accent

#E5435E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC47D4

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

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