#BC4AD8#BC4AD8

#BC4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.223 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD8
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 65.30, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 83.56, 321.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1685 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.223 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5809, 20.5484, 67.0445)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD8 #66D84A

analogous

#754AD8 #BC4AD8 #D84AAD

triadic

#BC4AD8 #D8BC4A #4AD8BC

tetradic

#BC4AD8 #D8754A #66D84A #4AADD8

square

#BC4AD8 #D8754A #66D84A #4AADD8

split-complementary

#BC4AD8 #ADD84A #4AD875

monochromatic

#751E8A #9F29BC #BC4AD8 #CF7CE3 #E1AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BC4AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD8	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1676DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.223 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e5',
    500: '#bc4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad8;
$custom-light: #d485e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.22285,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD8

secondary

#ADDCA2

accent

#E84061

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD8

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

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