#BC4DE8#BC4DE8

#BC4DE8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.234 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4DE8
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 66.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 67.15, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 89.36, 318.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1645 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.234 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9560, 21.8266, 78.5418)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4DE8 #79E84D

analogous

#6F4DE8 #BC4DE8 #E84DC6

triadic

#BC4DE8 #E8BC4D #4DE8BC

tetradic

#BC4DE8 #E86F4D #79E84D #4DC6E8

square

#BC4DE8 #E86F4D #79E84D #4DC6E8

split-complementary

#BC4DE8 #C6E84D #4DE86F

monochromatic

#7C15A5 #A51CDB #BC4DE8 #D083EF #E5B9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC4DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC4DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4DE8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4DE8	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.234 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487f0',
    500: '#bc4de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4de8;
$custom-light: #d487f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.968,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63144,
    "c": 0.23362,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4DE8

secondary

#BCE6AB

accent

#D90C46

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4DE8

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

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