#BC48D5#BC48D5

#BC48D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.223 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D5
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 66.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 65.56, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 83.16, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1707 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.223 320)
XYZ	xyz(35.0652, 20.1319, 64.9767)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D5 #61D548

analogous

#7548D5 #BC48D5 #D548A7

triadic

#BC48D5 #D5BC48 #48D5BC

tetradic

#BC48D5 #D57548 #61D548 #48A7D5

square

#BC48D5 #D57548 #61D548 #48A7D5

split-complementary

#BC48D5 #A7D548 #48D575

monochromatic

#721E84 #9D2AB6 #BC48D5 #CE7AE0 #E0ACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC48D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC48D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D5	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1774D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5480D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.223 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483e2',
    500: '#bc48d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d5;
$custom-light: #d483e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.362,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.22272,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.2013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D5

secondary

#AADA9F

accent

#E6425F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D5

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

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