#BC48B1#BC48B1

#BC48B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.192 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48B1
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 177)
HSL	hsl(306, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(306, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 59.23, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 67.98, 330.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1691 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.192 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9921, 18.5027, 43.5255)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48B1 #48BC53

analogous

#8D48BC #BC48B1 #BC4877

triadic

#BC48B1 #B1BC48 #48B1BC

tetradic

#BC48B1 #BC8D48 #48BC53 #4877BC

square

#BC48B1 #BC8D48 #48BC53 #4877BC

split-complementary

#BC48B1 #77BC48 #48BC8D

monochromatic

#65255F #923589 #BC48B1 #CC75C4 #DDA2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC48B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC48B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48B1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48B1	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.192 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382c8',
    500: '#bc48b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48b1;
$custom-light: #d382c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.69,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59476,
    "c": 0.19225,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48B1

secondary

#96CA9B

accent

#D65E52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48B1

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

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