#BC5CD5#BC5CD5

#BC5CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.195 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CD5
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 56.66, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 72.99, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.147 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.195 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5748, 23.1512, 65.4799)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CD5 #75D55C

analogous

#7F5CD5 #BC5CD5 #D55CB2

triadic

#BC5CD5 #D5BC5C #5CD5BC

tetradic

#BC5CD5 #D57F5C #75D55C #5CB2D5

square

#BC5CD5 #D57F5C #75D55C #5CB2D5

split-complementary

#BC5CD5 #B2D55C #5CD57F

monochromatic

#7B2591 #A432C2 #BC5CD5 #D08DE2 #E4BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BC5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CD5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CD5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6388D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.195 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fe2',
    500: '#bc5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cd5;
$custom-light: #d38fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.603,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CD5

secondary

#B9DEAF

accent

#E24666

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CD5

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

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