#BC5BDD#BC5BDD

#BC5BDD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.204 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BDD
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 58.72, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 77.22, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1486 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.204 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5293, 23.3954, 70.9314)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BDD #7CDD5B

analogous

#7B5BDD #BC5BDD #DD5BBD

triadic

#BC5BDD #DDBC5B #5BDDBC

tetradic

#BC5BDD #DD7B5B #7CDD5B #5BBDDD

square

#BC5BDD #DD7B5B #7CDD5B #5BBDDD

split-complementary

#BC5BDD #BDDD5B #5BDD7B

monochromatic

#7D219D #A62BD0 #BC5BDD #D18EE8 #E5C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BC5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BDD

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BDD	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.204 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee8',
    500: '#bc5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bdd;
$custom-light: #d38ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.769,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64123,
    "c": 0.2043,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BDD

secondary

#BEE2B1

accent

#CE1846

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BDD

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

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