#BC4BAE#BC4BAE

#BC4BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.186 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BAE
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 174)
HSL	hsl(307, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(307, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 57.44, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 65.32, 331.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.165 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.186 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8951, 18.7818, 42.0342)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BAE #4BBC59

analogous

#924BBC #BC4BAE #BC4B76

triadic

#BC4BAE #AEBC4B #4BAEBC

tetradic

#BC4BAE #BC924B #4BBC59 #4B76BC

square

#BC4BAE #BC924B #4BBC59 #4B76BC

split-complementary

#BC4BAE #76BC4B #4BBC92

monochromatic

#66265E #933788 #BC4BAE #CD78C2 #DDA4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC4BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC4BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BAE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BAE	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.186 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d384c6',
    500: '#bc4bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4bae;
$custom-light: #d384c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.434,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59671,
    "c": 0.18558,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BAE

secondary

#99CA9F

accent

#D56352

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BAE

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

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