#BC5ED6#BC5ED6

#BC5ED6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.193 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ED6
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 214)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 56.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 55.90, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 72.34, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1445 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.193 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8777, 23.5533, 66.2090)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ED6 #78D65E

analogous

#805ED6 #BC5ED6 #D65EB4

triadic

#BC5ED6 #D6BC5E #5ED6BC

tetradic

#BC5ED6 #D6805E #78D65E #5EB4D6

square

#BC5ED6 #D6805E #78D65E #5EB4D6

split-complementary

#BC5ED6 #B4D65E #5ED680

monochromatic

#7C2694 #A532C5 #BC5ED6 #D08FE2 #E5C0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC5ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BC5ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ED6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ED6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6488D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.193 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390e3',
    500: '#bc5ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ed6;
$custom-light: #d390e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6412,
    "c": 0.19299,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ED6

secondary

#BBDFB1

accent

#C71E43

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ED6

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

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