#BC48D3#BC48D3

#BC48D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.221 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D3
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 65.19, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 82.28, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1708 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.221 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8129, 20.0310, 63.6480)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D3 #5FD348

analogous

#7648D3 #BC48D3 #D348A4

triadic

#BC48D3 #D3BC48 #48D3BC

tetradic

#BC48D3 #D37648 #5FD348 #48A4D3

square

#BC48D3 #D37648 #5FD348 #48A4D3

split-complementary

#BC48D3 #A4D348 #48D376

monochromatic

#711F81 #9C2BB3 #BC48D3 #CE79DF #E0ABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BC48D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BC48D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D3

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D3	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C74D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5680D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.221 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483e1',
    500: '#bc48d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d3;
$custom-light: #d483e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.072,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61333,
    "c": 0.22097,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D3

secondary

#A8D89E

accent

#E4435E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D3

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

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