#BC73C8#BC73C8

#BC73C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.145 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC73C8
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 200)
HSL	hsl(292, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(292, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 42.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 42.39, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 53.46, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.1137 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.145 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2939, 27.1244, 57.9034)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC73C8 #7FC873

analogous

#9273C8 #BC73C8 #C873AA

triadic

#BC73C8 #C8BC73 #73C8BC

tetradic

#BC73C8 #C89273 #7FC873 #73AAC8

square

#BC73C8 #C89273 #7FC873 #73AAC8

split-complementary

#BC73C8 #AAC873 #73C892

monochromatic

#7E368A #A748B6 #BC73C8 #D19FD9 #E6CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC73C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC73C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC73C8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC73C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC73C8	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc73c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.145 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dd9',
    500: '#bc73c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc73c8;
$custom-light: #d29dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc73c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.529,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66459,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC73C8

secondary

#C0DBBC

accent

#B72F42

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FA

border

#D3CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC73C8

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

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