#BC4BE1#BC4BE1

#BC4BE1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.230 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BE1
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 66.61, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 87.12, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1671 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.23 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8437, 21.1612, 73.3633)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BE1 #70E14B

analogous

#714BE1 #BC4BE1 #E14BBB

triadic

#BC4BE1 #E1BC4B #4BE1BC

tetradic

#BC4BE1 #E1714B #70E14B #4BBBE1

square

#BC4BE1 #E1714B #70E14B #4BBBE1

split-complementary

#BC4BE1 #BBE14B #4BE171

monochromatic

#791998 #A322CD #BC4BE1 #D07FEA #E3B4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC4BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BC4BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BE1

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BE1	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.230 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d485eb',
    500: '#bc4be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4be1;
$custom-light: #d485eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62495,
    "c": 0.2297,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BE1

secondary

#B5E1A6

accent

#EE3A66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BE1

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

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