#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
RGBrgb(188, 72, 214)
HSLhsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(12.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.04, 65.75, -51.64)
CIE-LCHlch(52.04, 83.61, 321.85°)
OKLaboklab(61.51% 0.1707 -0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(61.51% 0.224 319.8)
XYZxyz(35.1925, 20.1828, 65.6472)
Luminance0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##BC48D61.004.175.045.04
#FFFFFF4.171.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0421.001.001.00
##0000005.0421.001.001.00

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

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#BC48D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva