#BC4AE1#BC4AE1

#BC4AE1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.231 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AE1
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 67.02, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 87.59, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1681 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.231 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7764, 21.0266, 73.3409)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AE1 #6FE14A

analogous

#704AE1 #BC4AE1 #E14ABA

triadic

#BC4AE1 #E1BC4A #4AE1BC

tetradic

#BC4AE1 #E1704A #6FE14A #4ABAE1

square

#BC4AE1 #E1704A #6FE14A #4ABAE1

split-complementary

#BC4AE1 #BAE14A #4AE170

monochromatic

#791997 #A222CC #BC4AE1 #CF7EEA #E3B3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BC4AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AE1

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AE1	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.231 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485eb',
    500: '#bc4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ae1;
$custom-light: #d485eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.298,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.23094,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AE1

secondary

#B4E1A6

accent

#EE3966

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AE1

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

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