#BC5EB5#BC5EB5

#BC5EB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.162 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5EB5
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 49.71, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 57.81, 329.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1404 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.162 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0819, 22.0349, 46.2178)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5EB5 #5EBC65

analogous

#945EBC #BC5EB5 #BC5E86

triadic

#BC5EB5 #B5BC5E #5EB5BC

tetradic

#BC5EB5 #BC945E #5EBC65 #5E86BC

square

#BC5EB5 #BC945E #5EBC65 #5E86BC

split-complementary

#BC5EB5 #86BC5E #5EBC94

monochromatic

#712F6C #9C4195 #BC5EB5 #CE89C9 #E0B4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BC5EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BC5EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5EB5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5EB5	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5979B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.162 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fcb',
    500: '#bc5eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5eb5;
$custom-light: #d28fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.468,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62448,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5EB5

secondary

#A7CFAA

accent

#D16057

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5EB5

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

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