#BC4ECE

sRGB: 188 / 78 / 206

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Sleeping valleys transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#BC4ECE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 78 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 291.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 56.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.12:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 78, 206
HSL: 291.56°, 56.64%, 55.69%
HSV / HSB: 291.56°, 62.14%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 8.74%, 62.14%, 0.00%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.602, 20.598, 60.548
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 52.506, 61.736, -46.340
WCAG relative luminance: 0.20596
24-bit decimal: 12340942

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BC4ECE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.12:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.10:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#60CE4E sits half a turn (180°) from #BC4ECE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BC4ECE #60CE4E

Analogous

#7C4ECE and #CE4EA0 sit 30° to either side of #BC4ECE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#7C4ECE #BC4ECE #CE4EA0

Triadic

#BC4ECE, #CEBC4E and #4ECEBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BC4ECE #CEBC4E #4ECEBC

Split complementary

Start at #BC4ECE and look across the wheel. #A0CE4E and #4ECE7C sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BC4ECE #A0CE4E #4ECE7C

Square

Starting with #BC4ECE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CE7C4E, #60CE4E, then #4EA0CE. Across the square, #BC4ECE pairs with #60CE4E, and #CE7C4E with #4EA0CE.

#BC4ECE #CE7C4E #60CE4E #4EA0CE

Tetradic

#BC4ECE and #60CE4E are opposites, as are #CE4E60 and #4ECEBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BC4ECE #CE4E60 #60CE4E #4ECEBC

Tints

Mixing #BC4ECE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C971D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2DCF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BC4ECE #C971D8 #D795E2 #E4B8EB #F2DCF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BC4ECE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #963EA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #261029, the mixture is 80% black.

#BC4ECE #963EA5 #712F7C #4B1F52 #261029 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BC4ECE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B058BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C7690, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BC4ECE #B058BE #A462AF #986C9F #8C7690 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BC4ECE

RGB

rgb(188 78 206)

HSL

hsl(291.562 56.637% 55.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BC4ECE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BC4ECE uses 188 red, 78 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 30.6%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BC4ECE is 8.7% cyan, 62.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.7%

Magenta 62.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB55CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B5C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BC4ECE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC66CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB55CC Nearest web-safe: #CC66CC

Gradient to complement

#BC4ECE #AD63B9 #9D79A3 #8E8E8E #7FA379 #6FB963 #60CE4E

Color vision previews

Compare how #BC4ECE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#3175D2

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5D81CB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BE6287

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7B6CCF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8374CC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B959B8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#7D7D7D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A169AC

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50289 G 0.07619 B 0.61721

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68515 G 0.33246 B 0.78341

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.42713 G 0.09035 B 0.57609

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.299 y 0.178 Y 20.598

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 26.275 M % 69.412 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111100 01001110 11001110