#BC4ED8#BC4ED8

#BC4ED8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.218 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4ED8
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 63.62, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 81.64, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.164 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.218 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8565, 21.0996, 67.1363)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4ED8 #6AD84E

analogous

#774ED8 #BC4ED8 #D84EAF

triadic

#BC4ED8 #D8BC4E #4ED8BC

tetradic

#BC4ED8 #D8774E #6AD84E #4EAFD8

square

#BC4ED8 #D8774E #6AD84E #4EAFD8

split-complementary

#BC4ED8 #AFD84E #4ED877

monochromatic

#761F8D #A12ABF #BC4ED8 #CF80E3 #E2B2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC4ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4ED8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4ED8	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2277DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.218 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487e5',
    500: '#bc4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ed8;
$custom-light: #d487e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62279,
    "c": 0.21764,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4ED8

secondary

#B0DDA5

accent

#E74163

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4ED8

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

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