#BC48DB#BC48DB

#BC48DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.228 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48DB
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 66.69, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 85.82, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1705 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.228 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8408, 20.4422, 69.0619)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48DB #67DB48

analogous

#7348DB #BC48DB #DB48B1

triadic

#BC48DB #DBBC48 #48DBBC

tetradic

#BC48DB #DB7348 #67DB48 #48B1DB

square

#BC48DB #DB7348 #67DB48 #48B1DB

split-complementary

#BC48DB #B1DB48 #48DB73

monochromatic

#751C8D #9F26C0 #BC48DB #CF7BE5 #E1AEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC48DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BC48DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48DB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48DB	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.228 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484e7',
    500: '#bc48db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48db;
$custom-light: #d484e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.347,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.22804,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48DB

secondary

#AEDDA2

accent

#EA3E62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48DB

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

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