#BC4AE0#BC4AE0

#BC4AE0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.230 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AE0
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 224)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 67%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 66.83, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 87.14, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1682 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.23 317)
XYZ	xyz(36.6404, 20.9722, 72.6245)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AE0 #6EE04A

analogous

#714AE0 #BC4AE0 #E04AB9

triadic

#BC4AE0 #E0BC4A #4AE0BC

tetradic

#BC4AE0 #E0714A #6EE04A #4AB9E0

square

#BC4AE0 #E0714A #6EE04A #4AB9E0

split-complementary

#BC4AE0 #B9E04A #4AE071

monochromatic

#781A96 #A223CA #BC4AE0 #CF7EE9 #E3B3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BC4AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BC4AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AE0

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AE0	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA678F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.230 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485ea',
    500: '#bc4ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ae0;
$custom-light: #d485ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.23004,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.20971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AE0

secondary

#B3E1A5

accent

#EE3A65

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AE0

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

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