#BC5CE5#BC5CE5

#BC5CE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.211 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CE5
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 59.87, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 80.40, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.1476 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.211 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7067, 24.0040, 76.7078)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CE5 #85E55C

analogous

#775CE5 #BC5CE5 #E55CC9

triadic

#BC5CE5 #E5BC5C #5CE5BC

tetradic

#BC5CE5 #E5775C #85E55C #5CC9E5

square

#BC5CE5 #E5775C #85E55C #5CC9E5

split-complementary

#BC5CE5 #C9E55C #5CE577

monochromatic

#801BAB #A627DD #BC5CE5 #D291ED #E7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BC5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BC5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CE5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CE5	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5889E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.211 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fee',
    500: '#bc5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ce5;
$custom-light: #d38fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.044,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64712,
    "c": 0.21076,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CE5

secondary

#C4E7B6

accent

#D5114B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CE5

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

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