#BC49E1#BC49E1

#BC49E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.232 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC49E1
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 67.43, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 88.05, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1692 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.232 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7102, 20.8942, 73.3188)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC49E1 #6EE149

analogous

#7049E1 #BC49E1 #E149BA

triadic

#BC49E1 #E1BC49 #49E1BC

tetradic

#BC49E1 #E17049 #6EE149 #49BAE1

square

#BC49E1 #E17049 #6EE149 #49BAE1

split-complementary

#BC49E1 #BAE149 #49E170

monochromatic

#781997 #A222CB #BC49E1 #CF7EEA #E3B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BC49E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC49E1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC49E1	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.232 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484eb',
    500: '#bc49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc49e1;
$custom-light: #d484eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.395,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.23217,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC49E1

secondary

#B3E1A5

accent

#EE3965

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC49E1

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

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