#BC48B2#BC48B2

#BC48B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.193 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48B2
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 59.39, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 68.38, 330.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1692 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.193 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0922, 18.5427, 44.0523)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48B2 #48BC52

analogous

#8C48BC #BC48B2 #BC4878

triadic

#BC48B2 #B2BC48 #48B2BC

tetradic

#BC48B2 #BC8C48 #48BC52 #4878BC

square

#BC48B2 #BC8C48 #48BC52 #4878BC

split-complementary

#BC48B2 #78BC48 #48BC8C

monochromatic

#65255F #92358A #BC48B2 #CC75C5 #DDA2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC48B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC48B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48B2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48B2	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.193 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382c9',
    500: '#bc48b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48b2;
$custom-light: #d382c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.172,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59526,
    "c": 0.19305,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48B2

secondary

#96CA9B

accent

#D65D52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48B2

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

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