#BC5BE4#BC5BE4

#BC5BE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.211 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BE4
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 60.14, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 80.47, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1488 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.211 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4815, 23.7762, 75.9459)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BE4 #83E45B

analogous

#785BE4 #BC5BE4 #E45BC7

triadic

#BC5BE4 #E4BC5B #5BE4BC

tetradic

#BC5BE4 #E4785B #83E45B #5BC7E4

square

#BC5BE4 #E4785B #83E45B #5BC7E4

split-complementary

#BC5BE4 #C7E45B #5BE478

monochromatic

#801CA9 #A726DB #BC5BE4 #D190ED #E7C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC5BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC5BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BE4

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BE4	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5888E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.211 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eed',
    500: '#bc5be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5be4;
$custom-light: #d38eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.482,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.21119,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BE4

secondary

#C3E6B4

accent

#D4124A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BE4

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

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