#BC5AE4#BC5AE4

#BC5AE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.213 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE4
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 60.60, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 81.00, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.15 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.213 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3965, 23.6064, 75.9176)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE4 #82E45A

analogous

#775AE4 #BC5AE4 #E45AC7

triadic

#BC5AE4 #E4BC5A #5AE4BC

tetradic

#BC5AE4 #E4775A #82E45A #5AC7E4

square

#BC5AE4 #E4775A #82E45A #5AC7E4

split-complementary

#BC5AE4 #C7E45A #5AE477

monochromatic

#7F1CA8 #A725DB #BC5AE4 #D18FED #E7C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BC5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BC5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.213 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eed',
    500: '#bc5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae4;
$custom-light: #d38eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64403,
    "c": 0.21259,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE4

secondary

#C2E6B4

accent

#D4124A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE4

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

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