#BC5BD5#BC5BD5

#BC5BD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.197 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD5
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 57.14, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 73.54, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.1483 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.197 319)
XYZ	xyz(36.4888, 22.9791, 65.4512)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD5 #74D55B

analogous

#7F5BD5 #BC5BD5 #D55BB1

triadic

#BC5BD5 #D5BC5B #5BD5BC

tetradic

#BC5BD5 #D57F5B #74D55B #5BB1D5

square

#BC5BD5 #D57F5B #74D55B #5BB1D5

split-complementary

#BC5BD5 #B1D55B #5BD57F

monochromatic

#7B2591 #A432C1 #BC5BD5 #D08CE1 #E4BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.197 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee2',
    500: '#bc5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd5;
$custom-light: #d38ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.705,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.1965,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.22978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD5

secondary

#B8DEAE

accent

#E24566

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD5

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

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