#BC5ED7#BC5ED7

#BC5ED7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.194 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ED7
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 56.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 56.09, -46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 72.80, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.1446 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.194 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0058, 23.6045, 66.8836)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ED7 #79D75E

analogous

#805ED7 #BC5ED7 #D75EB5

triadic

#BC5ED7 #D7BC5E #5ED7BC

tetradic

#BC5ED7 #D7805E #79D75E #5EB5D7

square

#BC5ED7 #D7805E #79D75E #5EB5D7

split-complementary

#BC5ED7 #B5D75E #5ED780

monochromatic

#7C2595 #A531C6 #BC5ED7 #D08FE3 #E5C0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BC5ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BC5ED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ED7

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ED7	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.194 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390e4',
    500: '#bc5ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ed7;
$custom-light: #d390e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.612,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64175,
    "c": 0.19398,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ED7

secondary

#BCDFB1

accent

#C81E44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ED7

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

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