#BC4BD4#BC4BD4

#BC4BD4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.218 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BD4
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 64.13, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 81.31, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.1674 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.218 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1373, 20.4787, 64.3765)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BD4 #63D44B

analogous

#784BD4 #BC4BD4 #D44BA8

triadic

#BC4BD4 #D4BC4B #4BD4BC

tetradic

#BC4BD4 #D4784B #63D44B #4BA8D4

square

#BC4BD4 #D4784B #63D44B #4BA8D4

split-complementary

#BC4BD4 #A8D44B #4BD478

monochromatic

#732085 #9E2CB6 #BC4BD4 #CE7CE0 #E1AEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC4BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC4BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BD4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BD4	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2275D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.218 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e2',
    500: '#bc4bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4bd4;
$custom-light: #d485e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.489,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61713,
    "c": 0.21798,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BD4

secondary

#ABDAA1

accent

#E54360

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BD4

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

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