#BC5ED8#BC5ED8

#BC5ED8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.195 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ED8
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 216)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 56.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 56.29, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 73.27, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1446 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.195 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1347, 23.6561, 67.5624)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ED8 #7AD85E

analogous

#7F5ED8 #BC5ED8 #D85EB7

triadic

#BC5ED8 #D8BC5E #5ED8BC

tetradic

#BC5ED8 #D87F5E #7AD85E #5EB7D8

square

#BC5ED8 #D87F5E #7AD85E #5EB7D8

split-complementary

#BC5ED8 #B7D85E #5ED87F

monochromatic

#7D2597 #A531C8 #BC5ED8 #D18FE4 #E5C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC5ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BC5ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ED8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ED8	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6389D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.195 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390e4',
    500: '#bc5ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ed8;
$custom-light: #d390e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.23,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.19496,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ED8

secondary

#BCE0B2

accent

#C91D44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ED8

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

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