#BC5AEA#BC5AEA

#BC5AEA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.218 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AEA
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 61.83, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 83.80, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.1499 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.219 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2439, 23.9453, 80.3806)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AEA #88EA5A

analogous

#745AEA #BC5AEA #EA5AD0

triadic

#BC5AEA #EABC5A #5AEABC

tetradic

#BC5AEA #EA745A #88EA5A #5AD0EA

square

#BC5AEA #EA745A #88EA5A #5AD0EA

split-complementary

#BC5AEA #D0EA5A #5AEA74

monochromatic

#8117B3 #A624E3 #BC5AEA #D290F1 #E8C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BC5AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BC5AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AEA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AEA	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2281EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5289E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.218 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ef1',
    500: '#bc5aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5aea;
$custom-light: #d48ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64761,
    "c": 0.2185,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AEA

secondary

#C7E9B6

accent

#DA0C4E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AEA

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

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