#BC4DAD#BC4DAD

#BC4DAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.182 H 333.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4DAD
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 173)
HSL	hsl(308, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(308, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 56.40, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 63.91, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1623 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.182 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9358, 19.0185, 41.5686)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4DAD #4DBC5C

analogous

#944DBC #BC4DAD #BC4D76

triadic

#BC4DAD #ADBC4D #4DADBC

tetradic

#BC4DAD #BC944D #4DBC5C #4D76BC

square

#BC4DAD #BC944D #4DBC5C #4D76BC

split-complementary

#BC4DAD #76BC4D #4DBC94

monochromatic

#68275F #943888 #BC4DAD #CD79C1 #DDA6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BC4DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC4DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4DAD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4DAD	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.182 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385c5',
    500: '#bc4dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4dad;
$custom-light: #d385c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.108,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5986,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4DAD

secondary

#9ACBA1

accent

#D56453

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4DAD

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

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