#BC48C6#BC48C6

#BC48C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.210 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48C6
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 198)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 62.83, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 76.64, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.1707 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.21 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2486, 19.4053, 55.4094)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48C6 #52C648

analogous

#7D48C6 #BC48C6 #C64891

triadic

#BC48C6 #C6BC48 #48C6BC

tetradic

#BC48C6 #C67D48 #52C648 #4891C6

square

#BC48C6 #C67D48 #52C648 #4891C6

split-complementary

#BC48C6 #91C648 #48C67D

monochromatic

#6A2371 #97329F #BC48C6 #CD77D5 #DEA5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC48C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC48C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48C6

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48C6	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3071CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.210 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383d8',
    500: '#bc48c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48c6;
$custom-light: #d383d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.238,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60587,
    "c": 0.20968,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48C6

secondary

#9ED09A

accent

#DC4C57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48C6

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

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