#BC4AD7#BC4AD7

#BC4AD7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.222 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD7
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 215)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 65.11, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 83.11, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.1685 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.222 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4520, 20.4969, 66.3657)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD7 #65D74A

analogous

#764AD7 #BC4AD7 #D74AAB

triadic

#BC4AD7 #D7BC4A #4AD7BC

tetradic

#BC4AD7 #D7764A #65D74A #4AABD7

square

#BC4AD7 #D7764A #65D74A #4AABD7

split-complementary

#BC4AD7 #ABD74A #4AD776

monochromatic

#741E88 #9F29BB #BC4AD7 #CF7CE2 #E1AEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC4AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC4AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD7

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD7	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1975DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.222 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e4',
    500: '#bc4ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad7;
$custom-light: #d485e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.22195,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD7

secondary

#ADDBA2

accent

#E74161

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD7

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

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