#BC53E5#BC53E5

#BC53E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.223 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53E5
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 63.98, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 85.07, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1581 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.223 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9729, 22.5363, 76.4632)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53E5 #7CE553

analogous

#7353E5 #BC53E5 #E553C5

triadic

#BC53E5 #E5BC53 #53E5BC

tetradic

#BC53E5 #E57353 #7CE553 #53C5E5

square

#BC53E5 #E57353 #7CE553 #53C5E5

split-complementary

#BC53E5 #C5E553 #53E573

monochromatic

#7D19A5 #A621DA #BC53E5 #D188ED #E5BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BC53E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BC53E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53E5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53E5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.223 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48aee',
    500: '#bc53e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53e5;
$custom-light: #d48aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.151,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63626,
    "c": 0.22311,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53E5

secondary

#BEE5AE

accent

#D61047

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53E5

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

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