#BC4AD9#BC4AD9

#BC4AD9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.224 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AD9
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 65.49, -52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 84.00, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1685 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.224 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7105, 20.6003, 67.7274)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AD9 #67D94A

analogous

#754AD9 #BC4AD9 #D94AAF

triadic

#BC4AD9 #D9BC4A #4AD9BC

tetradic

#BC4AD9 #D9754A #67D94A #4AAFD9

square

#BC4AD9 #D9754A #67D94A #4AAFD9

split-complementary

#BC4AD9 #AFD94A #4AD975

monochromatic

#751D8B #9F28BE #BC4AD9 #CF7DE4 #E1AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BC4AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BC4AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AD9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AD9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1376DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.224 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e5',
    500: '#bc4ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ad9;
$custom-light: #d485e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.832,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61902,
    "c": 0.22375,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AD9

secondary

#AEDCA2

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AD9

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

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