#BC48D6#BC48D6

#BC48D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.224 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D6
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 65.75, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 83.61, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1707 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.224 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1925, 20.1828, 65.6472)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D6 #62D648

analogous

#7548D6 #BC48D6 #D648A9

triadic

#BC48D6 #D6BC48 #48D6BC

tetradic

#BC48D6 #D67548 #62D648 #48A9D6

square

#BC48D6 #D67548 #62D648 #48A9D6

split-complementary

#BC48D6 #A9D648 #48D675

monochromatic

#731E86 #9E29B8 #BC48D6 #CE7AE1 #E1ACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC48D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC48D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D6

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D6	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1474DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.224 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483e3',
    500: '#bc48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d6;
$custom-light: #d483e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.014,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61511,
    "c": 0.22361,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D6

secondary

#AADAA0

accent

#E64160

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D6

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

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