#BC4BE0#BC4BE0

#BC4BE0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.229 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BE0
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 224)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 66.42, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 86.67, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1671 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.229 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7077, 21.1068, 72.6470)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BE0 #6FE04B

analogous

#714BE0 #BC4BE0 #E04BBA

triadic

#BC4BE0 #E0BC4B #4BE0BC

tetradic

#BC4BE0 #E0714B #6FE04B #4BBAE0

square

#BC4BE0 #E0714B #6FE04B #4BBAE0

split-complementary

#BC4BE0 #BAE04B #4BE071

monochromatic

#791A97 #A223CB #BC4BE0 #CF7FE9 #E3B3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC4BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC4BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BE0

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BE0	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.229 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485ea',
    500: '#bc4be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4be0;
$custom-light: #d485ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.503,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62433,
    "c": 0.22879,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BE0

secondary

#B4E1A6

accent

#ED3A66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BE0

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

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