#BC3EC9#BC3EC9

#BC3EC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.225 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3EC9
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 67.28, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 82.40, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1815 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.225 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0033, 18.3556, 57.0517)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3EC9 #4BC93E

analogous

#763EC9 #BC3EC9 #C93E91

triadic

#BC3EC9 #C9BC3E #3EC9BC

tetradic

#BC3EC9 #C9763E #4BC93E #3E91C9

square

#BC3EC9 #C9763E #4BC93E #3E91C9

split-complementary

#BC3EC9 #91C93E #3EC976

monochromatic

#661F6E #932C9E #BC3EC9 #CD6ED6 #DD9EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC3EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC3EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC3EC9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC3EC9	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.225 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47eda',
    500: '#bc3ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3ec9;
$custom-light: #d47eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.388,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59752,
    "c": 0.22468,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3EC9

secondary

#99D093

accent

#E04856

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3EC9

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

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