#BC4CAF#BC4CAF

#BC4CAF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.185 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4CAF
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 175)
HSL	hsl(307, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(307, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 57.17, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 65.20, 331.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1639 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.185 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0613, 18.9576, 42.5723)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4CAF #4CBC59

analogous

#914CBC #BC4CAF #BC4C77

triadic

#BC4CAF #AFBC4C #4CAFBC

tetradic

#BC4CAF #BC914C #4CBC59 #4C77BC

square

#BC4CAF #BC914C #4CBC59 #4C77BC

split-complementary

#BC4CAF #77BC4C #4CBC91

monochromatic

#672760 #943789 #BC4CAF #CD79C3 #DDA5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC4CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC4CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4CAF

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4CAF	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.185 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385c7',
    500: '#bc4caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4caf;
$custom-light: #d385c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.964,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59838,
    "c": 0.18492,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4CAF

secondary

#99CA9F

accent

#D56253

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4CAF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →