#BC4BD9#BC4BD9

#BC4BD9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.222 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BD9
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 65.08, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 83.53, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1674 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.222 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7778, 20.7349, 67.7498)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BD9 #68D94B

analogous

#754BD9 #BC4BD9 #D94BAF

triadic

#BC4BD9 #D9BC4B #4BD9BC

tetradic

#BC4BD9 #D9754B #68D94B #4BAFD9

square

#BC4BD9 #D9754B #68D94B #4BAFD9

split-complementary

#BC4BD9 #AFD94B #4BD975

monochromatic

#751E8C #A028BF #BC4BD9 #CF7EE4 #E2B0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC4BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BC4BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BD9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BD9	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1776DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.222 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485e5',
    500: '#bc4bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4bd9;
$custom-light: #d485e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.746,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62009,
    "c": 0.22247,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BD9

secondary

#AFDDA3

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BD9

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

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