#BC4AD5#BC4AD5

#BC4AD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.220 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD5
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 65.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 64.74, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 82.23, 321.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1685 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.22 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1966, 20.3947, 65.0205)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD5 #63D54A

analogous

#774AD5 #BC4AD5 #D54AA9

triadic

#BC4AD5 #D5BC4A #4AD5BC

tetradic

#BC4AD5 #D5774A #63D54A #4AA9D5

square

#BC4AD5 #D5774A #63D54A #4AA9D5

split-complementary

#BC4AD5 #A9D54A #4AD577

monochromatic

#731F86 #9E2BB7 #BC4AD5 #CE7CE1 #E1ADEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC4AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC4AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD5	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.220 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e2',
    500: '#bc4ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad5;
$custom-light: #d485e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.209,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61664,
    "c": 0.22017,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD5

secondary

#ABDAA1

accent

#E54260

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD5

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

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