#BC5ED9#BC5ED9

#BC5ED9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.196 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ED9
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 56.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 56.49, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 73.73, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1447 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.196 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2644, 23.7079, 68.2453)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ED9 #7BD95E

analogous

#7E5ED9 #BC5ED9 #D95EB8

triadic

#BC5ED9 #D9BC5E #5ED9BC

tetradic

#BC5ED9 #D97E5E #7BD95E #5EB8D9

square

#BC5ED9 #D97E5E #7BD95E #5EB8D9

split-complementary

#BC5ED9 #B8D95E #5ED97E

monochromatic

#7D2499 #A630CA #BC5ED9 #D190E5 #E5C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC5ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BC5ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ED9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ED9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4180DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6289D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.196 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390e5',
    500: '#bc5ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ed9;
$custom-light: #d390e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.854,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64285,
    "c": 0.19595,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ED9

secondary

#BDE1B2

accent

#CA1C45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ED9

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

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