#BC47E5#BC47E5

#BC47E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.238 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC47E5
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 69%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 69.00, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 90.75, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.171 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.238 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1329, 20.8564, 76.1832)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC47E5 #70E547

analogous

#6D47E5 #BC47E5 #E547BF

triadic

#BC47E5 #E5BC47 #47E5BC

tetradic

#BC47E5 #E56D47 #70E547 #47BFE5

square

#BC47E5 #E56D47 #70E547 #47BFE5

split-complementary

#BC47E5 #BFE547 #47E56D

monochromatic

#79169C #A31ED1 #BC47E5 #D07DED #E3B2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC47E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC47E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC47E5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC47E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC47E5	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4581E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc47e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.238 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483ee',
    500: '#bc47e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc47e5;
$custom-light: #d483ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc47e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.43,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.23815,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC47E5

secondary

#B5E3A5

accent

#F23667

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC47E5

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

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