#BC4AD1#BC4AD1

#BC4AD1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.217 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD1
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 209)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 64.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 63.99, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 80.46, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.1686 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.217 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6951, 20.1941, 62.3796)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD1 #5FD14A

analogous

#794AD1 #BC4AD1 #D14AA2

triadic

#BC4AD1 #D1BC4A #4AD1BC

tetradic

#BC4AD1 #D1794A #5FD14A #4AA2D1

square

#BC4AD1 #D1794A #5FD14A #4AA2D1

split-complementary

#BC4AD1 #A2D14A #4AD179

monochromatic

#712180 #9C2DB1 #BC4AD1 #CE7BDD #E0ACEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC4AD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC4AD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD1

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD1	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2474D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.217 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484e0',
    500: '#bc4ad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad1;
$custom-light: #d484e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.667,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61429,
    "c": 0.21662,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD1

secondary

#A8D89F

accent

#E3455E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD1

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

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