#BC4DB9#BC4DB9

#BC4DB9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.192 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4DB9
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 185)
HSL	hsl(302, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 58.41, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 68.71, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1638 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.192 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1495, 19.5040, 47.9608)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4DB9 #4DBC50

analogous

#884DBC #BC4DB9 #BC4D81

triadic

#BC4DB9 #B9BC4D #4DB9BC

tetradic

#BC4DB9 #BC884D #4DBC50 #4D81BC

square

#BC4DB9 #BC884D #4DBC50 #4D81BC

split-complementary

#BC4DB9 #81BC4D #4DBC88

monochromatic

#682766 #943892 #BC4DB9 #CD79CA #DDA6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC4DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BC4DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4DB9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4DB9	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4371BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.192 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385ce',
    500: '#bc4db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4db9;
$custom-light: #d385ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.622,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60455,
    "c": 0.19168,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4DB9

secondary

#9ACB9B

accent

#D55653

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4DB9

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

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