#BC48E1#BC48E1

#BC48E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.233 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48E1
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 68%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 67.83, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 88.51, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1702 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.233 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6450, 20.7638, 73.2971)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48E1 #6DE148

analogous

#6F48E1 #BC48E1 #E148BA

triadic

#BC48E1 #E1BC48 #48E1BC

tetradic

#BC48E1 #E16F48 #6DE148 #48BAE1

square

#BC48E1 #E16F48 #6DE148 #48BAE1

split-complementary

#BC48E1 #BAE148 #48E16F

monochromatic

#781996 #A221CB #BC48E1 #CF7DEA #E3B1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC48E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BC48E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48E1

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48E1	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA668F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.233 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484eb',
    500: '#bc48e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48e1;
$custom-light: #d484eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.49,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62183,
    "c": 0.23339,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48E1

secondary

#B3E1A4

accent

#EF3965

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48E1

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

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