#BC5ED5#BC5ED5

#BC5ED5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.192 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ED5
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 55.70, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 71.88, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1444 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.192 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7504, 23.5023, 65.5384)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ED5 #77D55E

analogous

#805ED5 #BC5ED5 #D55EB2

triadic

#BC5ED5 #D5BC5E #5ED5BC

tetradic

#BC5ED5 #D5805E #77D55E #5EB2D5

square

#BC5ED5 #D5805E #77D55E #5EB2D5

split-complementary

#BC5ED5 #B2D55E #5ED580

monochromatic

#7C2692 #A533C3 #BC5ED5 #D08FE2 #E4BFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC5ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BC5ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ED5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ED5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6588D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.192 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390e2',
    500: '#bc5ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ed5;
$custom-light: #d390e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.395,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64065,
    "c": 0.192,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ED5

secondary

#BADEB1

accent

#C61F42

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ED5

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

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