#BC48E4#BC48E4

#BC48E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.236 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48E4
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 68.41, -58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 89.85, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.17 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.236 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0578, 20.9289, 75.4714)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48E4 #70E448

analogous

#6E48E4 #BC48E4 #E448BE

triadic

#BC48E4 #E4BC48 #48E4BC

tetradic

#BC48E4 #E46E48 #70E448 #48BEE4

square

#BC48E4 #E46E48 #70E448 #48BEE4

split-complementary

#BC48E4 #BEE448 #48E46E

monochromatic

#79179B #A31FD0 #BC48E4 #D07DEC #E3B3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BC48E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BC48E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48E4

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48E4	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4781E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.236 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484ed',
    500: '#bc48e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48e4;
$custom-light: #d484ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.23607,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48E4

secondary

#B5E3A5

accent

#F13767

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48E4

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

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