#BC4BD5#BC4BD5

#BC4BD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.219 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BD5
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 64.32, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 81.75, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1674 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.219 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2639, 20.5293, 65.0429)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BD5 #64D54B

analogous

#774BD5 #BC4BD5 #D54BA9

triadic

#BC4BD5 #D5BC4B #4BD5BC

tetradic

#BC4BD5 #D5774B #64D54B #4BA9D5

square

#BC4BD5 #D5774B #64D54B #4BA9D5

split-complementary

#BC4BD5 #A9D54B #4BD577

monochromatic

#741F86 #9E2BB8 #BC4BD5 #CE7DE1 #E1AEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC4BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BC4BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BD5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BD5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2075D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.219 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e2',
    500: '#bc4bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4bd5;
$custom-light: #d485e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.13,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61772,
    "c": 0.21888,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BD5

secondary

#ACDAA2

accent

#E54360

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BD5

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

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