#BC48E9#BC48E9

#BC48E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.241 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC48E9
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 233)
HSL	hsl(283, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 69.39, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 92.11, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1696 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.241 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7620, 21.2106, 79.1799)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC48E9 #75E948

analogous

#6C48E9 #BC48E9 #E948C5

triadic

#BC48E9 #E9BC48 #48E9BC

tetradic

#BC48E9 #E96C48 #75E948 #48C5E9

square

#BC48E9 #E96C48 #75E948 #48C5E9

split-complementary

#BC48E9 #C5E948 #48E96C

monochromatic

#7B14A3 #A41ADA #BC48E9 #D07FF0 #E4B5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC48E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC48E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC48E9

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC48E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC48E9	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc48e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.241 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484f1',
    500: '#bc48e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc48e9;
$custom-light: #d484f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc48e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.23,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62689,
    "c": 0.24057,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC48E9

secondary

#B9E6A7

accent

#F53369

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC48E9

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

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