#BC47E4#BC47E4

#BC47E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.237 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC47E4
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 68.81, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 90.30, 319.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.171 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.237 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9937, 20.8007, 75.4500)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC47E4 #6FE447

analogous

#6D47E4 #BC47E4 #E447BE

triadic

#BC47E4 #E4BC47 #47E4BC

tetradic

#BC47E4 #E46D47 #6FE447 #47BEE4

square

#BC47E4 #E46D47 #6FE447 #47BEE4

split-complementary

#BC47E4 #BEE447 #47E46D

monochromatic

#79179A #A21ECF #BC47E4 #CF7CEC #E3B2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BC47E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BC47E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC47E4

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC47E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC47E4	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc47e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.237 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483ed',
    500: '#bc47e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc47e4;
$custom-light: #d483ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc47e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.713,
    "s": 74.408,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.23726,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC47E4

secondary

#B4E2A4

accent

#F13766

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC47E4

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

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