#BC5DE5#BC5DE5

#BC5DE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.209 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5DE5
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 59.40, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 79.86, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.1464 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.209 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7939, 24.1784, 76.7369)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5DE5 #86E55D

analogous

#785DE5 #BC5DE5 #E55DCA

triadic

#BC5DE5 #E5BC5D #5DE5BC

tetradic

#BC5DE5 #E5785D #86E55D #5DCAE5

square

#BC5DE5 #E5785D #86E55D #5DCAE5

split-complementary

#BC5DE5 #CAE55D #5DE578

monochromatic

#801CAC #A628DD #BC5DE5 #D292ED #E8C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BC5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#BC5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5DE5

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5DE5	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3182E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.209 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390ee',
    500: '#bc5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5de5;
$custom-light: #d390ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.912,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64839,
    "c": 0.20933,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5DE5

secondary

#C5E7B7

accent

#D4114C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5DE5

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

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