#BC4EAE#BC4EAE

#BC4EAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.181 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EAE
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(308, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 56.11, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 63.79, 331.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1611 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.181 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1034, 19.1984, 42.1036)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EAE #4EBC5C

analogous

#934EBC #BC4EAE #BC4E77

triadic

#BC4EAE #AEBC4E #4EAEBC

tetradic

#BC4EAE #BC934E #4EBC5C #4E77BC

square

#BC4EAE #BC934E #4EBC5C #4E77BC

split-complementary

#BC4EAE #77BC4E #4EBC93

monochromatic

#682760 #953889 #BC4EAE #CD7AC2 #DEA7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BC4EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BC4EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EAE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EAE	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.181 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386c6',
    500: '#bc4eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4eae;
$custom-light: #d386c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.18116,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EAE

secondary

#9BCBA1

accent

#D56453

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EAE

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

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