#BC5BE7#BC5BE7

#BC5BE7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.214 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BE7
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 60.75, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 81.87, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.1488 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.214 314)
XYZ	xyz(38.9015, 23.9442, 78.1583)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BE7 #86E75B

analogous

#765BE7 #BC5BE7 #E75BCC

triadic

#BC5BE7 #E7BC5B #5BE7BC

tetradic

#BC5BE7 #E7765B #86E75B #5BCCE7

square

#BC5BE7 #E7765B #86E75B #5BCCE7

split-complementary

#BC5BE7 #CCE75B #5BE776

monochromatic

#8019AE #A626DF #BC5BE7 #D290EF #E8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BC5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BC5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BE7

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BE7	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A81EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.214 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eef',
    500: '#bc5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5be7;
$custom-light: #d38eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.571,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64705,
    "c": 0.21414,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.23943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BE7

secondary

#C5E8B6

accent

#D70F4C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BE7

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

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