#BC48E5#BC48E5

#BC48E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.237 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48E5
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 68.61, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 90.30, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1699 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.237 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1970, 20.9846, 76.2046)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48E5 #71E548

analogous

#6E48E5 #BC48E5 #E548C0

triadic

#BC48E5 #E5BC48 #48E5BC

tetradic

#BC48E5 #E56E48 #71E548 #48C0E5

square

#BC48E5 #E56E48 #71E548 #48C0E5

split-complementary

#BC48E5 #C0E548 #48E56E

monochromatic

#79169C #A31ED2 #BC48E5 #D07EED #E3B3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BC48E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BC48E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48E5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48E5	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.237 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484ee',
    500: '#bc48e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48e5;
$custom-light: #d484ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.331,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.23697,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48E5

secondary

#B6E3A6

accent

#F23667

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48E5

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

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