#BC4BAB#BC4BAB

#BC4BAB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.183 H 333.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BAB
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 171)
HSL	hsl(309, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(309, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 56.96, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 64.17, 332.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1646 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.183 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6059, 18.6661, 40.5111)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BAB #4BBC5C

analogous

#954BBC #BC4BAB #BC4B73

triadic

#BC4BAB #ABBC4B #4BABBC

tetradic

#BC4BAB #BC954B #4BBC5C #4B73BC

square

#BC4BAB #BC954B #4BBC5C #4B73BC

split-complementary

#BC4BAB #73BC4B #4BBC95

monochromatic

#66265D #933785 #BC4BAB #CD78C0 #DDA4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC4BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC4BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BAB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BAB	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.183 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d384c4',
    500: '#bc4bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4bab;
$custom-light: #d384c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.027,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59527,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BAB

secondary

#99CAA0

accent

#D56652

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BAB

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

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