#BC5AE0#BC5AE0

#BC5AE0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.209 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE0
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 224)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 59.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 59.80, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 79.14, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1499 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.209 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8477, 23.3868, 73.0270)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE0 #7EE05A

analogous

#795AE0 #BC5AE0 #E05AC1

triadic

#BC5AE0 #E0BC5A #5AE0BC

tetradic

#BC5AE0 #E0795A #7EE05A #5AC1E0

square

#BC5AE0 #E0795A #7EE05A #5AC1E0

split-complementary

#BC5AE0 #C1E05A #5AE079

monochromatic

#7E1EA1 #A628D5 #BC5AE0 #D18EEA #E6C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC5AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BC5AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE0

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE0	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A88DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.209 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eea',
    500: '#bc5ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae0;
$custom-light: #d38eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64169,
    "c": 0.20867,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE0

secondary

#BFE4B2

accent

#D01547

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE0

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

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