#BC4ED3#BC4ED3

#BC4ED3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.213 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4ED3
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 63%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 62.67, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 79.40, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.164 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.213 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2199, 20.8450, 63.7837)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4ED3 #65D34E

analogous

#7A4ED3 #BC4ED3 #D34EA8

triadic

#BC4ED3 #D3BC4E #4ED3BC

tetradic

#BC4ED3 #D37A4E #65D34E #4EA8D3

square

#BC4ED3 #D37A4E #65D34E #4EA8D3

split-complementary

#BC4ED3 #A8D34E #4ED37A

monochromatic

#742185 #9F2DB6 #BC4ED3 #CF7FDF #E1B0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC4ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC4ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4ED3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4ED3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A76D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.213 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387e1',
    500: '#bc4ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ed3;
$custom-light: #d387e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.624,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61988,
    "c": 0.21309,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4ED3

secondary

#ADDAA3

accent

#E34460

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4ED3

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

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