#BC5AE7#BC5AE7

#BC5AE7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.216 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE7
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 61.22, -55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 82.40, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.15 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.216 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8166, 23.7744, 78.1300)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE7 #85E75A

analogous

#755AE7 #BC5AE7 #E75ACB

triadic

#BC5AE7 #E7BC5A #5AE7BC

tetradic

#BC5AE7 #E7755A #85E75A #5ACBE7

square

#BC5AE7 #E7755A #85E75A #5ACBE7

split-complementary

#BC5AE7 #CBE75A #5AE775

monochromatic

#8019AD #A625DF #BC5AE7 #D28FEF #E7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC5AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BC5AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE7	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2780EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.216 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48eef',
    500: '#bc5ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae7;
$custom-light: #d48eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.702,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.21555,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE7

secondary

#C4E8B5

accent

#D70F4C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE7

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

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