#BC5AE5#BC5AE5

#BC5AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.214 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE5
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 60.81, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 81.47, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.15 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.214 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5358, 23.6621, 76.6508)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE5 #83E55A

analogous

#765AE5 #BC5AE5 #E55AC9

triadic

#BC5AE5 #E5BC5A #5AE5BC

tetradic

#BC5AE5 #E5765A #83E55A #5AC9E5

square

#BC5AE5 #E5765A #83E55A #5AC9E5

split-complementary

#BC5AE5 #C9E55A #5AE576

monochromatic

#801BAA #A725DD #BC5AE5 #D18FED #E7C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BC5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE5	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.214 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eee',
    500: '#bc5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae5;
$custom-light: #d38eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.302,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.21357,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE5

secondary

#C3E7B4

accent

#D5114B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE5

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

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