#BC5BEE#BC5BEE

#BC5BEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.221 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BEE
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 62.20, -58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 85.15, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.1487 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.221 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9100, 24.3476, 83.4695)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BEE #8DEE5B

analogous

#735BEE #BC5BEE #EE5BD6

triadic

#BC5BEE #EEBC5B #5BEEBC

tetradic

#BC5BEE #EE735B #8DEE5B #5BD6EE

square

#BC5BEE #EE735B #8DEE5B #5BD6EE

split-complementary

#BC5BEE #D6EE5B #5BEE73

monochromatic

#8213BB #A524E8 #BC5BEE #D392F4 #E9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BC5BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#BC5BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BEE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BEE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C82F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5089EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.221 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ff4',
    500: '#bc5bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bee;
$custom-light: #d48ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.592,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65126,
    "c": 0.22109,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BEE

secondary

#CAECB9

accent

#DE0851

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BEE

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

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