#BC5BDE#BC5BDE

#BC5BDE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.205 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BDE
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 59%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 58.92, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 77.68, 319.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.1487 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.205 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6630, 23.4488, 71.6352)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BDE #7DDE5B

analogous

#7B5BDE #BC5BDE #DE5BBF

triadic

#BC5BDE #DEBC5B #5BDEBC

tetradic

#BC5BDE #DE7B5B #7DDE5B #5BBFDE

square

#BC5BDE #DE7B5B #7DDE5B #5BBFDE

split-complementary

#BC5BDE #BFDE5B #5BDE7B

monochromatic

#7E209F #A62AD2 #BC5BDE #D18EE8 #E6C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC5BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC5BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BDE

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BDE	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C88DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.205 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee9',
    500: '#bc5bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bde;
$custom-light: #d38ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.427,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6418,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BDE

secondary

#BFE3B2

accent

#CE1747

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BDE

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

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