#BC5AE8#BC5AE8

#BC5AE8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.217 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE8
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 61.42, -55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 82.86, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.15 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.217 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9582, 23.8311, 78.8759)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE8 #86E85A

analogous

#755AE8 #BC5AE8 #E85ACD

triadic

#BC5AE8 #E8BC5A #5AE8BC

tetradic

#BC5AE8 #E8755A #86E85A #5ACDE8

square

#BC5AE8 #E8755A #86E85A #5ACDE8

split-complementary

#BC5AE8 #CDE85A #5AE875

monochromatic

#8018AF #A624E1 #BC5AE8 #D290EF #E8C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BC5AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#BC5AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2581EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.217 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ef0',
    500: '#bc5ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae8;
$custom-light: #d48ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64641,
    "c": 0.21653,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE8

secondary

#C5E8B5

accent

#D80E4C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE8

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

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