#BC5CD9#BC5CD9

#BC5CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.199 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CD9
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 57.45, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 74.83, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1472 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.199 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0888, 23.3568, 68.1868)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CD9 #79D95C

analogous

#7D5CD9 #BC5CD9 #D95CB7

triadic

#BC5CD9 #D9BC5C #5CD9BC

tetradic

#BC5CD9 #D97D5C #79D95C #5CB7D9

square

#BC5CD9 #D97D5C #79D95C #5CB7D9

split-complementary

#BC5CD9 #B7D95C #5CD97D

monochromatic

#7C2397 #A52FC9 #BC5CD9 #D08EE5 #E5BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC5CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BC5CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CD9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CD9	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.199 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fe5',
    500: '#bc5cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cd9;
$custom-light: #d38fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.08,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64025,
    "c": 0.19892,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CD9

secondary

#BCE0B1

accent

#CA1C44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CD9

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

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