#BC48D0#BC48D0

#BC48D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.218 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D0
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 208)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 64.64, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 80.97, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1708 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.218 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4403, 19.8819, 61.6858)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D0 #5CD048

analogous

#7848D0 #BC48D0 #D048A0

triadic

#BC48D0 #D0BC48 #48D0BC

tetradic

#BC48D0 #D07848 #5CD048 #48A0D0

square

#BC48D0 #D07848 #5CD048 #48A0D0

split-complementary

#BC48D0 #A0D048 #48D078

monochromatic

#70207D #9B2DAE #BC48D0 #CE79DD #E0A9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BC48D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BC48D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D0

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D0	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2173D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.218 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483df',
    500: '#bc48d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d0;
$custom-light: #d483df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.176,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61157,
    "c": 0.21834,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D0

secondary

#A6D79D

accent

#E2455D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D0

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

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