#BC50E3#BC50E3

#BC50E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.225 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50E3
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 64.89, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 85.64, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1615 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.225 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4707, 21.9761, 74.9262)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50E3 #77E350

analogous

#7350E3 #BC50E3 #E350C0

triadic

#BC50E3 #E3BC50 #50E3BC

tetradic

#BC50E3 #E37350 #77E350 #50C0E3

square

#BC50E3 #E37350 #77E350 #50C0E3

split-complementary

#BC50E3 #C0E350 #50E373

monochromatic

#7C199F #A522D4 #BC50E3 #D085EB #E4BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC50E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC50E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50E3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50E3	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)

#0C7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.225 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ec',
    500: '#bc50e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50e3;
$custom-light: #d488ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63163,
    "c": 0.22517,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50E3

secondary

#BAE4AB

accent

#D41145

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50E3

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

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