#BC48C4#BC48C4

#BC48C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.208 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48C4
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 62.47, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 75.78, 325.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1706 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.208 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0194, 19.3136, 54.2025)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48C4 #50C448

analogous

#7E48C4 #BC48C4 #C4488E

triadic

#BC48C4 #C4BC48 #48C4BC

tetradic

#BC48C4 #C47E48 #50C448 #488EC4

square

#BC48C4 #C47E48 #50C448 #488EC4

split-complementary

#BC48C4 #8EC448 #48C47E

monochromatic

#69236E #96329C #BC48C4 #CD76D3 #DEA5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BC48C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BC48C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48C4

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48C4	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3270C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.208 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383d6',
    500: '#bc48c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48c4;
$custom-light: #d383d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.129,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60476,
    "c": 0.20796,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48C4

secondary

#9CCF99

accent

#DB4D56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48C4

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

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