#BC4AE7#BC4AE7

#BC4AE7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.236 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AE7
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 68%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 68.19, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 90.30, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1677 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.236 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6093, 21.3598, 77.7275)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AE7 #75E74A

analogous

#6E4AE7 #BC4AE7 #E74AC3

triadic

#BC4AE7 #E7BC4A #4AE7BC

tetradic

#BC4AE7 #E76E4A #75E74A #4AC3E7

square

#BC4AE7 #E76E4A #75E74A #4AC3E7

split-complementary

#BC4AE7 #C3E74A #4AE76E

monochromatic

#7B15A1 #A41DD7 #BC4AE7 #D080EE #E4B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC4AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC4AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AE7

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AE7	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.236 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485ef',
    500: '#bc4ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ae7;
$custom-light: #d485ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.567,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.23638,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AE7

secondary

#B9E5A8

accent

#F33569

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AE7

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

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