#BC49E4#BC49E4

#BC49E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.235 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC49E4
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 68.01, -58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 89.40, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.169 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.235 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.1230, 21.0593, 75.4931)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC49E4 #71E449

analogous

#6F49E4 #BC49E4 #E449BF

triadic

#BC49E4 #E4BC49 #49E4BC

tetradic

#BC49E4 #E46F49 #71E449 #49BFE4

square

#BC49E4 #E46F49 #71E449 #49BFE4

split-complementary

#BC49E4 #BFE449 #49E46F

monochromatic

#79179C #A31FD1 #BC49E4 #D07EEC #E3B4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC49E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC49E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC49E4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC49E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC49E4	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc49e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.235 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484ed',
    500: '#bc49e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc49e4;
$custom-light: #d484ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc49e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62473,
    "c": 0.23487,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.21058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC49E4

secondary

#B6E3A6

accent

#F13767

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC49E4

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

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