#BC4EB3#BC4EB3

#BC4EB3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.185 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EB3
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 56.95, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 65.76, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1618 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.185 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5999, 19.3970, 44.7187)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EB3 #4EBC57

analogous

#8E4EBC #BC4EB3 #BC4E7C

triadic

#BC4EB3 #B3BC4E #4EB3BC

tetradic

#BC4EB3 #BC8E4E #4EBC57 #4E7CBC

square

#BC4EB3 #BC8E4E #4EBC57 #4E7CBC

split-complementary

#BC4EB3 #7CBC4E #4EBC8E

monochromatic

#682763 #95388D #BC4EB3 #CD7AC6 #DEA7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC4EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC4EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EB3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EB3	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4870B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.185 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386ca',
    500: '#bc4eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4eb3;
$custom-light: #d386ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60272,
    "c": 0.18523,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EB3

secondary

#9BCB9F

accent

#D55E53

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EB3

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

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