#BC4EB4#BC4EB4

#BC4EB4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.186 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EB4
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 57.12, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 66.16, 329.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.162 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.186 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7014, 19.4376, 45.2533)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EB4 #4EBC56

analogous

#8D4EBC #BC4EB4 #BC4E7D

triadic

#BC4EB4 #B4BC4E #4EB4BC

tetradic

#BC4EB4 #BC8D4E #4EBC56 #4E7DBC

square

#BC4EB4 #BC8D4E #4EBC56 #4E7DBC

split-complementary

#BC4EB4 #7DBC4E #4EBC8D

monochromatic

#682763 #95388E #BC4EB4 #CD7AC7 #DEA7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC4EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BC4EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EB4

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EB4	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4770B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3597A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.186 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386cb',
    500: '#bc4eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4eb4;
$custom-light: #d386cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60321,
    "c": 0.18606,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EB4

secondary

#9BCB9E

accent

#D55C53

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EB4

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

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