#BC5EB4#BC5EB4

#BC5EB4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.161 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5EB4
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(305, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 49.54, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 57.40, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1403 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.161 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9797, 21.9941, 45.6793)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5EB4 #5EBC66

analogous

#955EBC #BC5EB4 #BC5E85

triadic

#BC5EB4 #B4BC5E #5EB4BC

tetradic

#BC5EB4 #BC955E #5EBC66 #5E85BC

square

#BC5EB4 #BC955E #5EBC66 #5E85BC

split-complementary

#BC5EB4 #85BC5E #5EBC95

monochromatic

#712F6B #9C4194 #BC5EB4 #CE89C8 #E0B4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC5EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC5EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5EB4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5EB4	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5979B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.161 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fca',
    500: '#bc5eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5eb4;
$custom-light: #d28fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.106,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62402,
    "c": 0.16104,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5EB4

secondary

#A7CFAB

accent

#D16157

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5EB4

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

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