#BC49E5#BC49E5

#BC49E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.236 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC49E5
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 68.21, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 89.85, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1689 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.236 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2622, 21.1150, 76.2263)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC49E5 #72E549

analogous

#6E49E5 #BC49E5 #E549C0

triadic

#BC49E5 #E5BC49 #49E5BC

tetradic

#BC49E5 #E56E49 #72E549 #49C0E5

square

#BC49E5 #E56E49 #72E549 #49C0E5

split-complementary

#BC49E5 #C0E549 #49E56E

monochromatic

#7A169D #A31ED3 #BC49E5 #D07FED #E3B4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC49E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC49E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC49E5

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC49E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC49E5	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc49e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.236 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484ee',
    500: '#bc49e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc49e5;
$custom-light: #d484ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc49e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.231,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.23577,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC49E5

secondary

#B6E3A6

accent

#F23667

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC49E5

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

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