#BC48B3#BC48B3

#BC48B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.194 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48B3
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 59.56, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 68.77, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1693 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.194 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1929, 18.5830, 44.5830)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48B3 #48BC51

analogous

#8B48BC #BC48B3 #BC4879

triadic

#BC48B3 #B3BC48 #48B3BC

tetradic

#BC48B3 #BC8B48 #48BC51 #4879BC

square

#BC48B3 #BC8B48 #48BC51 #4879BC

split-complementary

#BC48B3 #79BC48 #48BC8B

monochromatic

#652560 #92358A #BC48B3 #CC75C6 #DDA2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC48B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC48B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48B3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48B3	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.194 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382ca',
    500: '#bc48b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48b3;
$custom-light: #d382ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59576,
    "c": 0.19386,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48B3

secondary

#96CA9A

accent

#D65C52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48B3

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

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