#BC48D4#BC48D4

#BC48D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.222 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D4
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 66%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 65.38, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 82.72, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1707 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.222 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9386, 20.0813, 64.3103)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D4 #60D448

analogous

#7648D4 #BC48D4 #D448A6

triadic

#BC48D4 #D4BC48 #48D4BC

tetradic

#BC48D4 #D47648 #60D448 #48A6D4

square

#BC48D4 #D47648 #60D448 #48A6D4

split-complementary

#BC48D4 #A6D448 #48D476

monochromatic

#721F83 #9D2AB4 #BC48D4 #CE7AE0 #E0ABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BC48D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC48D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D4

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D4	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1974D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.222 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483e2',
    500: '#bc48d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d4;
$custom-light: #d483e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61392,
    "c": 0.22184,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D4

secondary

#A9D99F

accent

#E5435F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D4

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

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