#BC57E4#BC57E4

#BC57E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.217 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57E4
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 61.99, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 82.57, 318.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1535 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.217 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1486, 23.1105, 75.8350)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57E4 #7FE457

analogous

#7657E4 #BC57E4 #E457C5

triadic

#BC57E4 #E4BC57 #57E4BC

tetradic

#BC57E4 #E47657 #7FE457 #57C5E4

square

#BC57E4 #E47657 #7FE457 #57C5E4

split-complementary

#BC57E4 #C5E457 #57E476

monochromatic

#7E1BA6 #A723DB #BC57E4 #D18CEC #E6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC57E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BC57E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57E4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57E4	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.217 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ced',
    500: '#bc57e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57e4;
$custom-light: #d48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.979,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64037,
    "c": 0.21676,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57E4

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D41149

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57E4

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

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