#BC4AD4#BC4AD4

#BC4AD4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.219 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD4
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 64.55, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 81.78, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1685 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.219 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0700, 20.3441, 64.3541)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD4 #62D44A

analogous

#774AD4 #BC4AD4 #D44AA7

triadic

#BC4AD4 #D4BC4A #4AD4BC

tetradic

#BC4AD4 #D4774A #62D44A #4AA7D4

square

#BC4AD4 #D4774A #62D44A #4AA7D4

split-complementary

#BC4AD4 #A7D44A #4AD477

monochromatic

#731F84 #9E2BB6 #BC4AD4 #CE7BE0 #E1ADEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC4AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BC4AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD4	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F75D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.219 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484e2',
    500: '#bc4ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad4;
$custom-light: #d484e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.21928,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD4

secondary

#AAD9A0

accent

#E5435F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD4

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

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