#BC4EE9#BC4EE9

#BC4EE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.233 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4EE9
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 233)
HSL	hsl(283, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 66.93, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 89.34, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1634 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.233 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1690, 22.0246, 79.3155)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4EE9 #7BE94E

analogous

#6E4EE9 #BC4EE9 #E94EC8

triadic

#BC4EE9 #E9BC4E #4EE9BC

tetradic

#BC4EE9 #E96E4E #7BE94E #4EC8E9

square

#BC4EE9 #E96E4E #7BE94E #4EC8E9

split-complementary

#BC4EE9 #C8E94E #4EE96E

monochromatic

#7D15A8 #A61CDE #BC4EE9 #D184F0 #E5BBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC4EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC4EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4EE9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4EE9	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.233 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487f1',
    500: '#bc4ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4ee9;
$custom-light: #d487f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.581,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63314,
    "c": 0.23331,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4EE9

secondary

#BDE7AC

accent

#DA0B47

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4EE9

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

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