#BC48B0#BC48B0

#BC48B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.191 H 332.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48B0
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 176)
HSL	hsl(306, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(306, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 59.07, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 67.59, 330.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.169 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.191 332)
XYZ	xyz(30.8928, 18.4630, 43.0025)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48B0 #48BC54

analogous

#8E48BC #BC48B0 #BC4876

triadic

#BC48B0 #B0BC48 #48B0BC

tetradic

#BC48B0 #BC8E48 #48BC54 #4876BC

square

#BC48B0 #BC8E48 #48BC54 #4876BC

split-complementary

#BC48B0 #76BC48 #48BC8E

monochromatic

#65255E #923588 #BC48B0 #CC75C3 #DDA2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC48B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC48B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48B0

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48B0	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.191 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382c8',
    500: '#bc48b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48b0;
$custom-light: #d382c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59426,
    "c": 0.19145,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.18461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48B0

secondary

#96CA9C

accent

#D65F52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48B0

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

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