#BC48B4#BC48B4

#BC48B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.195 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48B4
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 59.73, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 69.17, 329.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1694 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.195 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2945, 18.6236, 45.1176)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48B4 #48BC50

analogous

#8A48BC #BC48B4 #BC487A

triadic

#BC48B4 #B4BC48 #48B4BC

tetradic

#BC48B4 #BC8A48 #48BC50 #487ABC

square

#BC48B4 #BC8A48 #48BC50 #487ABC

split-complementary

#BC48B4 #7ABC48 #48BC8A

monochromatic

#652560 #92358B #BC48B4 #CC75C6 #DDA2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC48B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC48B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48B4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48B4	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)

#406DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.195 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382cb',
    500: '#bc48b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48b4;
$custom-light: #d382cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59627,
    "c": 0.19466,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48B4

secondary

#96CA9A

accent

#D65B52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48B4

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

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