#BC45E4#BC45E4

#BC45E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.240 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45E4
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 69.59, -58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 91.19, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.173 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.24 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8686, 20.5505, 75.4083)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45E4 #6DE445

analogous

#6C45E4 #BC45E4 #E445BC

triadic

#BC45E4 #E4BC45 #45E4BC

tetradic

#BC45E4 #E46C45 #6DE445 #45BCE4

square

#BC45E4 #E46C45 #6DE445 #45BCE4

split-complementary

#BC45E4 #BCE445 #45E46C

monochromatic

#781698 #A21ECE #BC45E4 #CF7AEC #E3B0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC45E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BC45E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45E4

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45E4	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.240 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482ed',
    500: '#bc45e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45e4;
$custom-light: #d482ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.906,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62072,
    "c": 0.2396,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45E4

secondary

#B3E2A3

accent

#F13766

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45E4

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

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