#BC48D9#BC48D9

#BC48D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.226 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48D9
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 66.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 66.31, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 84.93, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1706 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.226 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5791, 20.3375, 67.6836)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48D9 #65D948

analogous

#7448D9 #BC48D9 #D948AE

triadic

#BC48D9 #D9BC48 #48D9BC

tetradic

#BC48D9 #D97448 #65D948 #48AED9

square

#BC48D9 #D97448 #65D948 #48AED9

split-complementary

#BC48D9 #AED948 #48D974

monochromatic

#741D8A #9F27BD #BC48D9 #CF7BE4 #E1ADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC48D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BC48D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48D9

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48D9	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0975DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.226 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484e5',
    500: '#bc48d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48d9;
$custom-light: #d484e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61691,
    "c": 0.22626,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48D9

secondary

#ADDCA1

accent

#E93F61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48D9

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

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