#BC3AD5#BC3AD5

#BC3AD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.239 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3AD5
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 70.82, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 89.15, 322.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1847 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.239 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2609, 18.5234, 64.7086)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3AD5 #53D53A

analogous

#6F3AD5 #BC3AD5 #D53AA0

triadic

#BC3AD5 #D5BC3A #3AD5BC

tetradic

#BC3AD5 #D56F3A #53D53A #3AA0D5

square

#BC3AD5 #D56F3A #53D53A #3AA0D5

split-complementary

#BC3AD5 #A0D53A #3AD56F

monochromatic

#6B1A7A #9725AD #BC3AD5 #CD6CE0 #DE9FEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC3AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC3AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC3AD5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC3AD5	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.239 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47de3',
    500: '#bc3ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3ad5;
$custom-light: #d47de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6012,
    "c": 0.239,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3AD5

secondary

#9FD794

accent

#E8405B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3AD5

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

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