#BC45E5#BC45E5

#BC45E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.240 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC45E5
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 69.78, -59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 91.63, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1729 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.24 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.0078, 20.6062, 76.1415)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC45E5 #6EE545

analogous

#6C45E5 #BC45E5 #E545BE

triadic

#BC45E5 #E5BC45 #45E5BC

tetradic

#BC45E5 #E56C45 #6EE545 #45BEE5

square

#BC45E5 #E56C45 #6EE545 #45BEE5

split-complementary

#BC45E5 #BEE545 #45E56C

monochromatic

#78169A #A21DD0 #BC45E5 #CF7BED #E3B0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BC45E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BC45E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC45E5

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC45E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC45E5	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc45e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.240 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482ee',
    500: '#bc45e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc45e5;
$custom-light: #d482ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc45e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.625,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62136,
    "c": 0.24048,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.20605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC45E5

secondary

#B3E3A3

accent

#F23666

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC45E5

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

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