#BC5BD6#BC5BD6

#BC5BD6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.197 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD6
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 214)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 57.34, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 73.99, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1483 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.197 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6161, 23.0301, 66.1218)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD6 #75D65B

analogous

#7F5BD6 #BC5BD6 #D65BB3

triadic

#BC5BD6 #D6BC5B #5BD6BC

tetradic

#BC5BD6 #D67F5B #75D65B #5BB3D6

square

#BC5BD6 #D67F5B #75D65B #5BB3D6

split-complementary

#BC5BD6 #B3D65B #5BD67F

monochromatic

#7B2592 #A431C3 #BC5BD6 #D08CE2 #E4BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC5BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BC5BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD6	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.197 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee3',
    500: '#bc5bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd6;
$custom-light: #d38ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.317,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63729,
    "c": 0.19747,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD6

secondary

#B9DEAF

accent

#E34566

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD6

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

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