#BC5CE9#BC5CE9

#BC5CE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.215 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CE9
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 60.69, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 82.28, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1476 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.215 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2717, 24.2300, 79.6831)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CE9 #89E95C

analogous

#755CE9 #BC5CE9 #E95CCF

triadic

#BC5CE9 #E9BC5C #5CE9BC

tetradic

#BC5CE9 #E9755C #89E95C #5CCFE9

square

#BC5CE9 #E9755C #89E95C #5CCFE9

split-complementary

#BC5CE9 #CFE95C #5CE975

monochromatic

#8118B3 #A626E2 #BC5CE9 #D292F0 #E8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BC5CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BC5CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CE9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CE9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2982ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5589E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.215 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ff1',
    500: '#bc5ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ce9;
$custom-light: #d48ff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64949,
    "c": 0.21474,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CE9

secondary

#C7E9B8

accent

#D80D4E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CE9

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

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