#BC53E4#BC53E4

#BC53E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.222 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53E4
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 63.78, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 84.61, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1581 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.222 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8337, 22.4806, 75.7300)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53E4 #7BE453

analogous

#7353E4 #BC53E4 #E453C3

triadic

#BC53E4 #E4BC53 #53E4BC

tetradic

#BC53E4 #E47353 #7BE453 #53C3E4

square

#BC53E4 #E47353 #7BE453 #53C3E4

split-complementary

#BC53E4 #C3E453 #53E473

monochromatic

#7D1AA3 #A622D8 #BC53E4 #D188EC #E5BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC53E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BC53E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53E4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53E4	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.222 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48aed',
    500: '#bc53e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53e4;
$custom-light: #d48aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.22216,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53E4

secondary

#BDE5AE

accent

#D51147

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53E4

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

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