#BC5AEF#BC5AEF

#BC5AEF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.223 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AEF
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 62.87, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 86.14, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1498 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.223 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9724, 24.2367, 84.2171)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AEF #8DEF5A

analogous

#725AEF #BC5AEF #EF5AD8

triadic

#BC5AEF #EFBC5A #5AEFBC

tetradic

#BC5AEF #EF725A #8DEF5A #5AD8EF

square

#BC5AEF #EF725A #8DEF5A #5AD8EF

split-complementary

#BC5AEF #D8EF5A #5AEF72

monochromatic

#8212BC #A522EA #BC5AEF #D392F4 #E9CAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BC5AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BC5AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AEF

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AEF	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1582F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6779D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.223 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ef5',
    500: '#bc5aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5aef;
$custom-light: #d48ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.463,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.22344,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AEF

secondary

#CAECB9

accent

#DF0751

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AEF

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

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