#BC4AE3#BC4AE3

#BC4AE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.233 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AE3
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 67.41, -57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 88.49, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.168 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.233 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0508, 21.1364, 74.7862)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AE3 #71E34A

analogous

#704AE3 #BC4AE3 #E34ABE

triadic

#BC4AE3 #E3BC4A #4AE3BC

tetradic

#BC4AE3 #E3704A #71E34A #4ABEE3

square

#BC4AE3 #E3704A #71E34A #4ABEE3

split-complementary

#BC4AE3 #BEE34A #4AE370

monochromatic

#79189B #A320D0 #BC4AE3 #D07FEB #E3B4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC4AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BC4AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AE3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AE3	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.233 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485ec',
    500: '#bc4ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ae3;
$custom-light: #d485ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.706,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62514,
    "c": 0.23275,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AE3

secondary

#B6E2A6

accent

#F03867

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AE3

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

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