#BC5AE9#BC5AE9

#BC5AE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.218 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AE9
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 61.63, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 83.33, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.15 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.218 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1007, 23.8880, 79.6261)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AE9 #87E95A

analogous

#745AE9 #BC5AE9 #E95ACE

triadic

#BC5AE9 #E9BC5A #5AE9BC

tetradic

#BC5AE9 #E9745A #87E95A #5ACEE9

square

#BC5AE9 #E9745A #87E95A #5ACEE9

split-complementary

#BC5AE9 #CEE95A #5AE974

monochromatic

#8118B1 #A624E2 #BC5AE9 #D290F0 #E8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BC5AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#BC5AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AE9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AE9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2481ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5389E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.218 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ef1',
    500: '#bc5ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ae9;
$custom-light: #d48ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.119,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.21751,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AE9

secondary

#C6E9B6

accent

#D90D4D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AE9

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

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