#BC5AD5#BC5AD5

#BC5AD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.198 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AD5
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 57.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 57.61, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 74.08, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.1495 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.198 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4039, 22.8093, 65.4229)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AD5 #73D55A

analogous

#7F5AD5 #BC5AD5 #D55AB1

triadic

#BC5AD5 #D5BC5A #5AD5BC

tetradic

#BC5AD5 #D57F5A #73D55A #5AB1D5

square

#BC5AD5 #D57F5A #73D55A #5AB1D5

split-complementary

#BC5AD5 #B1D55A #5AD57F

monochromatic

#7A2590 #A431C1 #BC5AD5 #D08BE1 #E4BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC5AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC5AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AD5

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AD5	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.198 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de2',
    500: '#bc5ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ad5;
$custom-light: #d38de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.805,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63545,
    "c": 0.19799,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AD5

secondary

#B7DDAD

accent

#E34565

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AD5

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

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