#BC50E5#BC50E5

#BC50E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.227 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50E5
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 65.29, -56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 86.55, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.1615 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.227 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7483, 22.0872, 76.3883)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50E5 #79E550

analogous

#7150E5 #BC50E5 #E550C3

triadic

#BC50E5 #E5BC50 #50E5BC

tetradic

#BC50E5 #E57150 #79E550 #50C3E5

square

#BC50E5 #E57150 #79E550 #50C3E5

split-complementary

#BC50E5 #C3E550 #50E571

monochromatic

#7C18A2 #A520D8 #BC50E5 #D085ED #E5BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BC50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BC50E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50E5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50E5	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.227 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ee',
    500: '#bc50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50e5;
$custom-light: #d488ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.49,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63285,
    "c": 0.22704,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50E5

secondary

#BCE5AC

accent

#D60F46

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50E5

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

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