#BC4BE9#BC4BE9

#BC4BE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.237 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4BE9
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 233)
HSL	hsl(283, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 68.18, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 90.75, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1666 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.237 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9607, 21.6080, 79.2461)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4BE9 #78E94B

analogous

#6D4BE9 #BC4BE9 #E94BC7

triadic

#BC4BE9 #E9BC4B #4BE9BC

tetradic

#BC4BE9 #E96D4B #78E94B #4BC7E9

square

#BC4BE9 #E96D4B #78E94B #4BC7E9

split-complementary

#BC4BE9 #C7E94B #4BE96D

monochromatic

#7C14A5 #A51BDC #BC4BE9 #D082F0 #E5B8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC4BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BC4BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4BE9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4BE9	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.237 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486f1',
    500: '#bc4be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4be9;
$custom-light: #d486f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.911,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62996,
    "c": 0.23698,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4BE9

secondary

#BBE6AA

accent

#DA0B46

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4BE9

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

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