#BC5CD8#BC5CD8

#BC5CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.198 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CD8
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 216)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 57.25, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 74.37, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1472 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.198 318)
XYZ	xyz(36.9591, 23.3050, 67.5039)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CD8 #78D85C

analogous

#7E5CD8 #BC5CD8 #D85CB6

triadic

#BC5CD8 #D8BC5C #5CD8BC

tetradic

#BC5CD8 #D87E5C #78D85C #5CB6D8

square

#BC5CD8 #D87E5C #78D85C #5CB6D8

split-complementary

#BC5CD8 #B6D85C #5CD87E

monochromatic

#7C2496 #A530C7 #BC5CD8 #D08DE4 #E5BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC5CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BC5CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CD8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CD8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.198 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fe4',
    500: '#bc5cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cd8;
$custom-light: #d38fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63969,
    "c": 0.19794,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CD8

secondary

#BBE0B0

accent

#C91C43

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CD8

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

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