#BC5BD9#BC5BD9

#BC5BD9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.200 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD9
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 57.93, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 75.37, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1485 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.2 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0028, 23.1847, 68.1581)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD9 #78D95B

analogous

#7D5BD9 #BC5BD9 #D95BB7

triadic

#BC5BD9 #D9BC5B #5BD9BC

tetradic

#BC5BD9 #D97D5B #78D95B #5BB7D9

square

#BC5BD9 #D97D5B #78D95B #5BB7D9

split-complementary

#BC5BD9 #B7D95B #5BD97D

monochromatic

#7C2397 #A52EC8 #BC5BD9 #D08DE5 #E5BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BC5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD9	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.200 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee5',
    500: '#bc5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd9;
$custom-light: #d38ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.19,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63896,
    "c": 0.20039,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD9

secondary

#BBE0B0

accent

#CA1B44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD9

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

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