#BC50E1#BC50E1

#BC50E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.223 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50E1
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 64.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 64.50, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 84.72, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1616 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.223 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1962, 21.8663, 73.4808)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50E1 #75E150

analogous

#7450E1 #BC50E1 #E150BD

triadic

#BC50E1 #E1BC50 #50E1BC

tetradic

#BC50E1 #E17450 #75E150 #50BDE1

square

#BC50E1 #E17450 #75E150 #50BDE1

split-complementary

#BC50E1 #BDE150 #50E174

monochromatic

#7B1B9C #A424D0 #BC50E1 #D084EA #E4B8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC50E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BC50E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50E1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50E1	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.223 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488eb',
    500: '#bc50e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50e1;
$custom-light: #d488eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.69,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63041,
    "c": 0.2233,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50E1

secondary

#B9E2AA

accent

#ED3A68

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50E1

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

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