#BC48D8#BC48D8

#BC48D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.225 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D8
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 66.12, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 84.49, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1706 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.225 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4495, 20.2856, 67.0007)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D8 #64D848

analogous

#7448D8 #BC48D8 #D848AC

triadic

#BC48D8 #D8BC48 #48D8BC

tetradic

#BC48D8 #D87448 #64D848 #48ACD8

square

#BC48D8 #D87448 #64D848 #48ACD8

split-complementary

#BC48D8 #ACD848 #48D874

monochromatic

#741D89 #9E28BB #BC48D8 #CE7AE3 #E1ADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC48D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D8

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D8	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D75DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.225 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484e5',
    500: '#bc48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d8;
$custom-light: #d484e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61631,
    "c": 0.22538,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D8

secondary

#ACDBA0

accent

#E84061

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D8

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

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