#BC3BD5#BC3BD5

#BC3BD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.238 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3BD5
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 70.48, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 88.75, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1838 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.238 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3118, 18.6252, 64.7256)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3BD5 #54D53B

analogous

#6F3BD5 #BC3BD5 #D53BA1

triadic

#BC3BD5 #D5BC3B #3BD5BC

tetradic

#BC3BD5 #D56F3B #54D53B #3BA1D5

square

#BC3BD5 #D56F3B #54D53B #3BA1D5

split-complementary

#BC3BD5 #A1D53B #3BD56F

monochromatic

#6B1A7B #9725AE #BC3BD5 #CD6DE0 #DEA0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC3BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC3BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC3BD5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC3BD5	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.238 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47de3',
    500: '#bc3bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3bd5;
$custom-light: #d47de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.26,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60206,
    "c": 0.23794,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3BD5

secondary

#A0D795

accent

#E8405B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3BD5

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

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