#BC49D9#BC49D9

#BC49D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.225 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC49D9
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 65.90, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 84.47, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1695 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.225 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6443, 20.4678, 67.7053)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC49D9 #66D949

analogous

#7449D9 #BC49D9 #D949AE

triadic

#BC49D9 #D9BC49 #49D9BC

tetradic

#BC49D9 #D97449 #66D949 #49AED9

square

#BC49D9 #D97449 #66D949 #49AED9

split-complementary

#BC49D9 #AED949 #49D974

monochromatic

#751D8B #9F28BD #BC49D9 #CF7CE4 #E1AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC49D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BC49D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC49D9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC49D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC49D9	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#0E75DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc49d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.225 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484e5',
    500: '#bc49d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc49d9;
$custom-light: #d484e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc49d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61796,
    "c": 0.22501,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC49D9

secondary

#ADDCA2

accent

#E83F61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC49D9

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

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