#BC47D9#BC47D9

#BC47D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.228 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC47D9
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 66.71, -53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 85.39, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1717 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.228 319)
XYZ	xyz(35.5150, 20.2092, 67.6622)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC47D9 #64D947

analogous

#7347D9 #BC47D9 #D947AD

triadic

#BC47D9 #D9BC47 #47D9BC

tetradic

#BC47D9 #D97347 #64D947 #47ADD9

square

#BC47D9 #D97347 #64D947 #47ADD9

split-complementary

#BC47D9 #ADD947 #47D973

monochromatic

#741C89 #9E27BC #BC47D9 #CE7AE3 #E1ACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC47D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC47D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC47D9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC47D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC47D9	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0274DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5080D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc47d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.228 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483e5',
    500: '#bc47d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc47d9;
$custom-light: #d483e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc47d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.082,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.2275,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.20208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC47D9

secondary

#ACDCA0

accent

#E93F61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC47D9

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

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