#BC5DE7#BC5DE7

#BC5DE7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.211 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5DE7
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 231)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 59.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 59.81, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 80.80, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1464 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.211 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0748, 24.2907, 78.2160)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5DE7 #88E75D

analogous

#775DE7 #BC5DE7 #E75DCD

triadic

#BC5DE7 #E7BC5D #5DE7BC

tetradic

#BC5DE7 #E7775D #88E75D #5DCDE7

square

#BC5DE7 #E7775D #88E75D #5DCDE7

split-complementary

#BC5DE7 #CDE75D #5DE777

monochromatic

#811AB0 #A628DF #BC5DE7 #D292EF #E8C8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BC5DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BC5DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5DE7

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5DE7	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F82EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.211 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390ef',
    500: '#bc5de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5de7;
$custom-light: #d390ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.304,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64956,
    "c": 0.21133,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5DE7

secondary

#C7E8B7

accent

#D60F4D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5DE7

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

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