#BC4CD5#BC4CD5

#BC4CD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.218 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4CD5
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 63.90, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 81.27, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.1663 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.218 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3322, 20.6660, 65.0657)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4CD5 #65D54C

analogous

#784CD5 #BC4CD5 #D54CAA

triadic

#BC4CD5 #D5BC4C #4CD5BC

tetradic

#BC4CD5 #D5784C #65D54C #4CAAD5

square

#BC4CD5 #D5784C #65D54C #4CAAD5

split-complementary

#BC4CD5 #AAD54C #4CD578

monochromatic

#742087 #9F2BB9 #BC4CD5 #CF7EE1 #E1AFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC4CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC4CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4CD5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4CD5	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2276D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.218 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486e2',
    500: '#bc4cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4cd5;
$custom-light: #d486e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.051,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.21756,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4CD5

secondary

#ADDAA2

accent

#E54360

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4CD5

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

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