#BC5BD7#BC5BD7

#BC5BD7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.198 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD7
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 57.53, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 74.45, 320.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1484 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.198 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7442, 23.0813, 66.7964)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD7 #76D75B

analogous

#7E5BD7 #BC5BD7 #D75BB4

triadic

#BC5BD7 #D7BC5B #5BD7BC

tetradic

#BC5BD7 #D77E5B #76D75B #5BB4D7

square

#BC5BD7 #D77E5B #76D75B #5BB4D7

split-complementary

#BC5BD7 #B4D75B #5BD77E

monochromatic

#7B2494 #A430C5 #BC5BD7 #D08CE3 #E4BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC5BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BC5BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD7	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6187D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.198 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee4',
    500: '#bc5bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd7;
$custom-light: #d38ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.935,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63784,
    "c": 0.19844,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD7

secondary

#B9DFAF

accent

#E44467

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD7

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

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