#BC5AD9#BC5AD9

#BC5AD9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.202 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AD9
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 58.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 58.40, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 75.91, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1497 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.202 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9178, 23.0149, 68.1298)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AD9 #77D95A

analogous

#7C5AD9 #BC5AD9 #D95AB7

triadic

#BC5AD9 #D9BC5A #5AD9BC

tetradic

#BC5AD9 #D97C5A #77D95A #5AB7D9

square

#BC5AD9 #D97C5A #77D95A #5AB7D9

split-complementary

#BC5AD9 #B7D95A #5AD97C

monochromatic

#7C2396 #A52EC8 #BC5AD9 #D08CE4 #E4BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC5AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC5AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AD9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AD9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F87D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.202 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee5',
    500: '#bc5ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ad9;
$custom-light: #d38ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.299,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63769,
    "c": 0.20185,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AD9

secondary

#BAE0AF

accent

#CA1B43

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AD9

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

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