#BC4EB5#BC4EB5

#BC4EB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.187 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EB5
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 57.28, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 66.57, 329.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1621 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.187 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8037, 19.4785, 45.7917)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EB5 #4EBC55

analogous

#8C4EBC #BC4EB5 #BC4E7E

triadic

#BC4EB5 #B5BC4E #4EB5BC

tetradic

#BC4EB5 #BC8C4E #4EBC55 #4E7EBC

square

#BC4EB5 #BC8C4E #4EBC55 #4E7EBC

split-complementary

#BC4EB5 #7EBC4E #4EBC8C

monochromatic

#682764 #95388F #BC4EB5 #CD7AC8 #DEA7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC4EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BC4EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EB5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EB5	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4670B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3597A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.187 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386cb',
    500: '#bc4eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4eb5;
$custom-light: #d386cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60371,
    "c": 0.18688,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EB5

secondary

#9BCB9E

accent

#D55B53

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EB5

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

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