#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
RGBrgb(188, 72, 212)
HSLhsl(290, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(290, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(11.3%, 66%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(51.93, 65.38, -50.69)
CIE-LCHlch(51.93, 82.72, 322.21°)
OKLaboklab(61.39% 0.1707 -0.1416)
OKLCHoklch(61.39% 0.222 320.3)
XYZxyz(34.9386, 20.0813, 64.3103)
Luminance0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##BC48D41.004.195.025.02
#FFFFFF4.191.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0221.001.001.00
##0000005.0221.001.001.00

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

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#BC48D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva