#BC4CE9#BC4CE9

#BC4CE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.236 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4CE9
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 233)
HSL	hsl(283, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 67.77, -59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 90.28, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1655 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.236 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0290, 21.7447, 79.2689)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4CE9 #79E94C

analogous

#6E4CE9 #BC4CE9 #E94CC7

triadic

#BC4CE9 #E9BC4C #4CE9BC

tetradic

#BC4CE9 #E96E4C #79E94C #4CC7E9

square

#BC4CE9 #E96E4C #79E94C #4CC7E9

split-complementary

#BC4CE9 #C7E94C #4CE96E

monochromatic

#7C14A6 #A51BDD #BC4CE9 #D083F0 #E5B9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BC4CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BC4CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4CE9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4CE9	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.236 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486f1',
    500: '#bc4ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ce9;
$custom-light: #d486f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.803,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63101,
    "c": 0.23577,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4CE9

secondary

#BCE6AB

accent

#DA0B47

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4CE9

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

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