#BC4CE4#BC4CE4

#BC4CE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.231 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4CE4
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 66.78, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 88.01, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1658 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.231 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3249, 21.4631, 75.5604)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4CE4 #74E44C

analogous

#704CE4 #BC4CE4 #E44CC0

triadic

#BC4CE4 #E4BC4C #4CE4BC

tetradic

#BC4CE4 #E4704C #74E44C #4CC0E4

square

#BC4CE4 #E4704C #74E44C #4CC0E4

split-complementary

#BC4CE4 #C0E44C #4CE470

monochromatic

#7B189E #A420D3 #BC4CE4 #D081EC #E4B6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC4CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC4CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4CE4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4CE4	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.231 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486ed',
    500: '#bc4ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ce4;
$custom-light: #d486ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.23118,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4CE4

secondary

#B8E3A8

accent

#F03768

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4CE4

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

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