#BC5AD4#BC5AD4

#BC5AD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.197 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AD4
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 212)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 57.42, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 73.62, 321.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1495 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.197 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2773, 22.7587, 64.7565)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AD4 #72D45A

analogous

#7F5AD4 #BC5AD4 #D45AAF

triadic

#BC5AD4 #D4BC5A #5AD4BC

tetradic

#BC5AD4 #D47F5A #72D45A #5AAFD4

square

#BC5AD4 #D47F5A #72D45A #5AAFD4

split-complementary

#BC5AD4 #AFD45A #5AD47F

monochromatic

#7A258E #A332BF #BC5AD4 #D08BE1 #E3BBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC5AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BC5AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AD4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AD4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.197 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de2',
    500: '#bc5ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ad4;
$custom-light: #d38de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.197,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.19702,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AD4

secondary

#B6DDAD

accent

#E24665

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AD4

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

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