#BC4ED5#BC4ED5

#BC4ED5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.215 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4ED5
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 63.05, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 80.29, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.164 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.215 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4722, 20.9459, 65.1124)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4ED5 #67D54E

analogous

#794ED5 #BC4ED5 #D54EAB

triadic

#BC4ED5 #D5BC4E #4ED5BC

tetradic

#BC4ED5 #D5794E #67D54E #4EABD5

square

#BC4ED5 #D5794E #67D54E #4EABD5

split-complementary

#BC4ED5 #ABD54E #4ED579

monochromatic

#752088 #9F2CBA #BC4ED5 #CF7FE1 #E1B1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BC4ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BC4ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4ED5

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4ED5	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2777D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.215 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387e2',
    500: '#bc4ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ed5;
$custom-light: #d387e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4ED5

secondary

#AEDBA4

accent

#E54361

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4ED5

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

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