#BC5DD9#BC5DD9

#BC5DD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.197 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5DD9
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 56.97, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 74.28, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.146 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.197 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1760, 23.5312, 68.2159)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5DD9 #7AD95D

analogous

#7E5DD9 #BC5DD9 #D95DB8

triadic

#BC5DD9 #D9BC5D #5DD9BC

tetradic

#BC5DD9 #D97E5D #7AD95D #5DB8D9

square

#BC5DD9 #D97E5D #7AD95D #5DB8D9

split-complementary

#BC5DD9 #B8D95D #5DD97E

monochromatic

#7D2498 #A52FCA #BC5DD9 #D18FE5 #E5C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC5DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BC5DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5DD9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5DD9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.197 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fe5',
    500: '#bc5dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5dd9;
$custom-light: #d38fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.968,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.19744,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5DD9

secondary

#BCE0B1

accent

#CA1C44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5DD9

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

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