#BC44E5#BC44E5

#BC44E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.242 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC44E5
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 70.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 70.16, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 92.07, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1739 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.242 316)
XYZ	xyz(36.9468, 20.4842, 76.1212)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC44E5 #6DE544

analogous

#6B44E5 #BC44E5 #E544BE

triadic

#BC44E5 #E5BC44 #44E5BC

tetradic

#BC44E5 #E56B44 #6DE544 #44BEE5

square

#BC44E5 #E56B44 #6DE544 #44BEE5

split-complementary

#BC44E5 #BEE544 #44E56B

monochromatic

#781599 #A21DCF #BC44E5 #CF7AEC #E3AFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC44E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC44E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC44E5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC44E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC44E5	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4380E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc44e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.242 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482ee',
    500: '#bc44e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc44e5;
$custom-light: #d482ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc44e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.72,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6204,
    "c": 0.24162,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.20483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC44E5

secondary

#B3E2A2

accent

#F23666

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC44E5

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

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