#BC4AE8#BC4AE8

#BC4AE8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.237 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4AE8
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 68.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 68.39, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 90.75, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1677 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.237 315)
XYZ	xyz(37.7509, 21.4164, 78.4735)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4AE8 #76E84A

analogous

#6D4AE8 #BC4AE8 #E84AC5

triadic

#BC4AE8 #E8BC4A #4AE8BC

tetradic

#BC4AE8 #E86D4A #76E84A #4AC5E8

square

#BC4AE8 #E86D4A #76E84A #4AC5E8

split-complementary

#BC4AE8 #C5E84A #4AE86D

monochromatic

#7B15A3 #A41CD9 #BC4AE8 #D080EF #E4B7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC4AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC4AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4AE8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4AE8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.237 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485f0',
    500: '#bc4ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ae8;
$custom-light: #d485f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.291,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.23728,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.21415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4AE8

secondary

#B9E5A8

accent

#F43469

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4AE8

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

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