#BC4EDE#BC4EDE

#BC4EDE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.223 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EDE
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 64.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 64.77, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 84.34, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.1639 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.223 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6463, 21.4155, 71.2963)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EDE #70DE4E

analogous

#744EDE #BC4EDE #DE4EB8

triadic

#BC4EDE #DEBC4E #4EDEBC

tetradic

#BC4EDE #DE744E #70DE4E #4EB8DE

square

#BC4EDE #DE744E #70DE4E #4EB8DE

split-complementary

#BC4EDE #B8DE4E #4EDE74

monochromatic

#791C96 #A326C9 #BC4EDE #D082E8 #E3B5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC4EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC4EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EDE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EDE	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1479E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.223 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487e9',
    500: '#bc4ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ede;
$custom-light: #d487e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62637,
    "c": 0.22313,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EDE

secondary

#B5E0A8

accent

#EB3C66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EDE

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

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