#BC5DEC#BC5DEC

#BC5DEC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.216 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5DEC
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 60.85, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 83.15, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1464 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.216 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7910, 24.5772, 81.9884)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5DEC #8DEC5D

analogous

#755DEC #BC5DEC #EC5DD5

triadic

#BC5DEC #ECBC5D #5DECBC

tetradic

#BC5DEC #EC755D #8DEC5D #5DD5EC

square

#BC5DEC #EC755D #8DEC5D #5DD5EC

split-complementary

#BC5DEC #D5EC5D #5DEC75

monochromatic

#8216B9 #A526E6 #BC5DEC #D394F2 #E9CBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#BC5DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#BC5DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5DEC

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5DEC	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2783F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548AE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.216 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d490f3',
    500: '#bc5dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5dec;
$custom-light: #d490f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.86,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65254,
    "c": 0.21633,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5DEC

secondary

#CAEBBA

accent

#DB0A50

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5DEC

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

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