#BC50E2#BC50E2

#BC50E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.224 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50E2
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 64.70, -55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 85.18, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1616 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.224 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3331, 21.9211, 74.2014)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50E2 #76E250

analogous

#7350E2 #BC50E2 #E250BF

triadic

#BC50E2 #E2BC50 #50E2BC

tetradic

#BC50E2 #E27350 #76E250 #50BFE2

square

#BC50E2 #E27350 #76E250 #50BFE2

split-complementary

#BC50E2 #BFE250 #50E273

monochromatic

#7B1A9E #A423D2 #BC50E2 #D084EB #E4B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC50E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50E2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50E2	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.224 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ec',
    500: '#bc50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50e2;
$custom-light: #d488ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63102,
    "c": 0.22424,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50E2

secondary

#B9E3AB

accent

#EE3969

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50E2

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

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