#BC5AE2#BC5AE2

#BC5AE2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.211 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE2
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 60.20, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 80.07, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.15 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.211 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1205, 23.4960, 74.4639)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE2 #80E25A

analogous

#785AE2 #BC5AE2 #E25AC4

triadic

#BC5AE2 #E2BC5A #5AE2BC

tetradic

#BC5AE2 #E2785A #80E25A #5AC4E2

square

#BC5AE2 #E2785A #80E25A #5AC4E2

split-complementary

#BC5AE2 #C4E25A #5AE278

monochromatic

#7F1DA5 #A726D9 #BC5AE2 #D18EEB #E6C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BC5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE2	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5988DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.211 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eec',
    500: '#bc5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae2;
$custom-light: #d38eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64286,
    "c": 0.21063,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE2

secondary

#C1E5B3

accent

#D21349

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE2

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

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