#BC4EAA#BC4EAA

#BC4EAA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.178 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EAA
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 170)
HSL	hsl(310, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(310, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 55.46, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 62.25, 332.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1605 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.178 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7193, 19.0447, 40.0805)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EAA #4EBC60

analogous

#974EBC #BC4EAA #BC4E73

triadic

#BC4EAA #AABC4E #4EAABC

tetradic

#BC4EAA #BC974E #4EBC60 #4E73BC

square

#BC4EAA #BC974E #4EBC60 #4E73BC

split-complementary

#BC4EAA #73BC4E #4EBC97

monochromatic

#68275E #953885 #BC4EAA #CD7ABF #DEA7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BC4EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BC4EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EAA

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EAA	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D6EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.178 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386c3',
    500: '#bc4eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4eaa;
$custom-light: #d386c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59839,
    "c": 0.17798,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EAA

secondary

#9BCBA3

accent

#D56853

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EAA

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

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