#BC5BE8#BC5BE8

#BC5BE8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.215 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BE8
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 60.96, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 82.34, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.1488 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.215 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0432, 24.0009, 78.9042)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BE8 #87E85B

analogous

#755BE8 #BC5BE8 #E85BCD

triadic

#BC5BE8 #E8BC5B #5BE8BC

tetradic

#BC5BE8 #E8755B #87E85B #5BCDE8

square

#BC5BE8 #E8755B #87E85B #5BCDE8

split-complementary

#BC5BE8 #CDE85B #5BE875

monochromatic

#8119B0 #A625E0 #BC5BE8 #D291F0 #E8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BC5BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BC5BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BE8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BE8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2881EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5589E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.215 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ff0',
    500: '#bc5be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5be8;
$custom-light: #d48ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.277,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.21514,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BE8

secondary

#C6E9B6

accent

#D80E4D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BE8

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

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