#BC48CE#BC48CE

#BC48CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.217 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48CE
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 206)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 65%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 64.27, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 80.09, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1708 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.217 322)
XYZ	xyz(34.1958, 19.7841, 60.3981)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48CE #5ACE48

analogous

#7948CE #BC48CE #CE489D

triadic

#BC48CE #CEBC48 #48CEBC

tetradic

#BC48CE #CE7948 #5ACE48 #489DCE

square

#BC48CE #CE7948 #5ACE48 #489DCE

split-complementary

#BC48CE #9DCE48 #48CE79

monochromatic

#6F217B #9A2EAB #BC48CE #CE78DB #DFA9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BC48CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC48CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48CE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48CE	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2572D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.217 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483dd',
    500: '#bc48ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48ce;
$custom-light: #d483dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.94,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61041,
    "c": 0.21659,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.19782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48CE

secondary

#A4D59D

accent

#E1475C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48CE

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

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