#BC6ED9#BC6ED9

#BC6ED9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.171 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6ED9
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 48.45, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 64.49, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.1235 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.171 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8375, 26.8542, 68.7697)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6ED9 #8BD96E

analogous

#876ED9 #BC6ED9 #D96EC1

triadic

#BC6ED9 #D9BC6E #6ED9BC

tetradic

#BC6ED9 #D9876E #8BD96E #6EC1D9

square

#BC6ED9 #D9876E #8BD96E #6EC1D9

split-complementary

#BC6ED9 #C1D96E #6ED987

monochromatic

#822AA2 #A63ECC #BC6ED9 #D29EE6 #E9CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC6ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC6ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6ED9

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6ED9	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5889DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.171 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ae5',
    500: '#bc6ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6ed9;
$custom-light: #d29ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.738,
    "s": 58.47,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66527,
    "c": 0.17095,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6ED9

secondary

#C9E4BF

accent

#C61F4D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6ED9

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

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