#BC4AD6#BC4AD6

#BC4AD6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.221 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD6
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 64.93, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 82.67, 321.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1685 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.221 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3239, 20.4456, 65.6910)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD6 #64D64A

analogous

#764AD6 #BC4AD6 #D64AAA

triadic

#BC4AD6 #D6BC4A #4AD6BC

tetradic

#BC4AD6 #D6764A #64D64A #4AAAD6

square

#BC4AD6 #D6764A #64D64A #4AAAD6

split-complementary

#BC4AD6 #AAD64A #4AD676

monochromatic

#741F87 #9E2AB9 #BC4AD6 #CE7CE1 #E1AEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC4AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BC4AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B75DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.221 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e3',
    500: '#bc4ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad6;
$custom-light: #d485e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61723,
    "c": 0.22106,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD6

secondary

#ACDBA1

accent

#E64260

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD6

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

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