#BC4EE5#BC4EE5

#BC4EE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.230 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EE5
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 66.14, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 87.52, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1636 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.23 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6040, 21.7986, 76.3403)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EE5 #77E54E

analogous

#714EE5 #BC4EE5 #E54EC2

triadic

#BC4EE5 #E5BC4E #4EE5BC

tetradic

#BC4EE5 #E5714E #77E54E #4EC2E5

square

#BC4EE5 #E5714E #77E54E #4EC2E5

split-complementary

#BC4EE5 #C2E54E #4EE571

monochromatic

#7C18A1 #A51FD6 #BC4EE5 #D083ED #E4B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EE5

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EE5	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.230 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487ee',
    500: '#bc4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ee5;
$custom-light: #d487ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.709,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63065,
    "c": 0.22959,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EE5

secondary

#BAE4AA

accent

#D70F45

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EE5

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

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