#BC4CD9#BC4CD9

#BC4CD9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.221 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4CD9
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 65%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 64.66, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 83.05, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.1662 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.221 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8462, 20.8716, 67.7726)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4CD9 #69D94C

analogous

#764CD9 #BC4CD9 #D94CAF

triadic

#BC4CD9 #D9BC4C #4CD9BC

tetradic

#BC4CD9 #D9764C #69D94C #4CAFD9

square

#BC4CD9 #D9764C #69D94C #4CAFD9

split-complementary

#BC4CD9 #AFD94C #4CD976

monochromatic

#761E8D #A029BF #BC4CD9 #CF7EE4 #E2B1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC4CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC4CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4CD9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4CD9	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.221 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486e5',
    500: '#bc4cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4cd9;
$custom-light: #d486e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.66,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62117,
    "c": 0.22117,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4CD9

secondary

#B0DDA4

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4CD9

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

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