#BC5CEE#BC5CEE

#BC5CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.220 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CEE
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 61.73, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 84.62, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1475 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.22 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9960, 24.5197, 83.4982)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CEE #8EEE5C

analogous

#735CEE #BC5CEE #EE5CD7

triadic

#BC5CEE #EEBC5C #5CEEBC

tetradic

#BC5CEE #EE735C #8EEE5C #5CD7EE

square

#BC5CEE #EE735C #8EEE5C #5CD7EE

split-complementary

#BC5CEE #D7EE5C #5CEE73

monochromatic

#8214BC #A525E8 #BC5CEE #D393F4 #EACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BC5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CEE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CEE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2083F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#518AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6789D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.220 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ff4',
    500: '#bc5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cee;
$custom-light: #d48ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65249,
    "c": 0.21972,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CEE

secondary

#CBECBA

accent

#DD0851

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CEE

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

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