#BC5CE0#BC5CE0

#BC5CE0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.206 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CE0
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 224)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 58.85, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 78.07, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1475 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.206 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0187, 23.7288, 73.0840)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CE0 #80E05C

analogous

#7A5CE0 #BC5CE0 #E05CC2

triadic

#BC5CE0 #E0BC5C #5CE0BC

tetradic

#BC5CE0 #E07A5C #80E05C #5CC2E0

square

#BC5CE0 #E07A5C #80E05C #5CC2E0

split-complementary

#BC5CE0 #C2E05C #5CE07A

monochromatic

#7F1FA3 #A729D6 #BC5CE0 #D18FEA #E6C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC5CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BC5CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CE0

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CE0	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3680E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C88DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.206 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fea',
    500: '#bc5ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ce0;
$custom-light: #d38fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 68.041,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64422,
    "c": 0.2058,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CE0

secondary

#C1E4B4

accent

#D01648

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CE0

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

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