#BC5BD4#BC5BD4

#BC5BD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.196 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD4
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 56.94, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 73.08, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1482 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.196 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3623, 22.9285, 64.7848)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD4 #73D45B

analogous

#805BD4 #BC5BD4 #D45BB0

triadic

#BC5BD4 #D4BC5B #5BD4BC

tetradic

#BC5BD4 #D4805B #73D45B #5BB0D4

square

#BC5BD4 #D4805B #73D45B #5BB0D4

split-complementary

#BC5BD4 #B0D45B #5BD480

monochromatic

#7A268F #A432C0 #BC5BD4 #D08BE1 #E4BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC5BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC5BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6387D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.196 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee2',
    500: '#bc5bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd4;
$custom-light: #d38ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.099,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63619,
    "c": 0.19553,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD4

secondary

#B7DDAE

accent

#E24665

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD4

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

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