#BC4EE4#BC4EE4

#BC4EE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.229 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EE4
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 65.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 65.94, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 87.06, 319.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1637 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.229 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4648, 21.7429, 75.6070)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EE4 #76E44E

analogous

#714EE4 #BC4EE4 #E44EC1

triadic

#BC4EE4 #E4BC4E #4EE4BC

tetradic

#BC4EE4 #E4714E #76E44E #4EC1E4

square

#BC4EE4 #E4714E #76E44E #4EC1E4

split-complementary

#BC4EE4 #C1E44E #4EE471

monochromatic

#7B189F #A420D4 #BC4EE4 #D083EC #E4B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BC4EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BC4EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EE4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EE4	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.229 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487ed',
    500: '#bc4ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ee4;
$custom-light: #d487ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63003,
    "c": 0.22867,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EE4

secondary

#B9E4AA

accent

#F03869

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EE4

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

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