#BC48B5#BC48B5

#BC48B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.195 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48B5
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 59.89, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 69.57, 329.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1695 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.195 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3967, 18.6645, 45.6560)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48B5 #48BC4F

analogous

#8948BC #BC48B5 #BC487B

triadic

#BC48B5 #B5BC48 #48B5BC

tetradic

#BC48B5 #BC8948 #48BC4F #487BBC

square

#BC48B5 #BC8948 #48BC4F #487BBC

split-complementary

#BC48B5 #7BBC48 #48BC89

monochromatic

#652561 #92358C #BC48B5 #CC75C7 #DDA2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC48B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC48B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48B5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48B5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.195 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383cb',
    500: '#bc48b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48b5;
$custom-light: #d383cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.621,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59678,
    "c": 0.19547,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48B5

secondary

#96CA99

accent

#D65A52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48B5

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

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