#BC4BAD#BC4BAD

#BC4BAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.185 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BAD
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 173)
HSL	hsl(308, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(308, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 57.28, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 64.93, 331.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1649 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.185 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7980, 18.7429, 41.5227)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BAD #4BBC5A

analogous

#934BBC #BC4BAD #BC4B75

triadic

#BC4BAD #ADBC4B #4BADBC

tetradic

#BC4BAD #BC934B #4BBC5A #4B75BC

square

#BC4BAD #BC934B #4BBC5A #4B75BC

split-complementary

#BC4BAD #75BC4B #4BBC93

monochromatic

#66265E #933787 #BC4BAD #CD78C1 #DDA4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC4BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC4BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BAD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BAD	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.185 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d384c5',
    500: '#bc4bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4bad;
$custom-light: #d384c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.965,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59623,
    "c": 0.18479,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BAD

secondary

#99CA9F

accent

#D56452

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BAD

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

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