#BC4AE4#BC4AE4

#BC4AE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.234 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AE4
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 67.61, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 88.94, 319.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1679 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.234 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.1892, 21.1918, 75.5152)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AE4 #72E44A

analogous

#6F4AE4 #BC4AE4 #E44ABF

triadic

#BC4AE4 #E4BC4A #4AE4BC

tetradic

#BC4AE4 #E46F4A #72E44A #4ABFE4

square

#BC4AE4 #E46F4A #72E44A #4ABFE4

split-complementary

#BC4AE4 #BFE44A #4AE46F

monochromatic

#7A179C #A31FD2 #BC4AE4 #D07FEC #E3B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC4AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC4AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AE4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AE4	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.234 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485ed',
    500: '#bc4ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ae4;
$custom-light: #d485ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.416,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62576,
    "c": 0.23365,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.2119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AE4

secondary

#B6E3A7

accent

#F13767

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AE4

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

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