#BC4CE5#BC4CE5

#BC4CE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.232 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4CE5
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 66.98, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 88.46, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1658 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.232 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4641, 21.5188, 76.2936)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4CE5 #75E54C

analogous

#704CE5 #BC4CE5 #E54CC1

triadic

#BC4CE5 #E5BC4C #4CE5BC

tetradic

#BC4CE5 #E5704C #75E54C #4CC1E5

square

#BC4CE5 #E5704C #75E54C #4CC1E5

split-complementary

#BC4CE5 #C1E54C #4CE570

monochromatic

#7B179F #A41FD5 #BC4CE5 #D081ED #E4B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC4CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC4CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4CE5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4CE5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.232 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486ee',
    500: '#bc4ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ce5;
$custom-light: #d486ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.922,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.2321,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4CE5

secondary

#B9E4A9

accent

#F13769

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4CE5

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

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