#BC5ED1#BC5ED1

#BC5ED1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.188 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ED1
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 209)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 55%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 54.91, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 70.05, 321.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1441 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.188 320)
XYZ	xyz(36.2489, 23.3018, 62.8975)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ED1 #73D15E

analogous

#825ED1 #BC5ED1 #D15EAD

triadic

#BC5ED1 #D1BC5E #5ED1BC

tetradic

#BC5ED1 #D1825E #73D15E #5EADD1

square

#BC5ED1 #D1825E #73D15E #5EADD1

split-complementary

#BC5ED1 #ADD15E #5ED182

monochromatic

#7A288C #A436BC #BC5ED1 #D08EDF #E4BDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC5ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BC5ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ED1

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ED1	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6788CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.188 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390df',
    500: '#bc5ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ed1;
$custom-light: #d390df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.043,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.18809,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ED1

secondary

#B7DCAF

accent

#DF4964

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ED1

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

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