#BC5CD7#BC5CD7

#BC5CD7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.197 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CD7
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 57.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 57.06, -46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 73.91, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1471 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.197 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8303, 23.2534, 66.8251)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CD7 #77D75C

analogous

#7E5CD7 #BC5CD7 #D75CB5

triadic

#BC5CD7 #D7BC5C #5CD7BC

tetradic

#BC5CD7 #D77E5C #77D75C #5CB5D7

square

#BC5CD7 #D77E5C #77D75C #5CB5D7

split-complementary

#BC5CD7 #B5D75C #5CD77E

monochromatic

#7C2494 #A530C5 #BC5CD7 #D08DE3 #E4BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BC5CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BC5CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CD7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CD7	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6288D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.197 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fe4',
    500: '#bc5cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cd7;
$custom-light: #d38fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.19696,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CD7

secondary

#BADFB0

accent

#C81D43

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CD7

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

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