#BC74C8#BC74C8

#BC74C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.143 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC74C8
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 42%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 41.85, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 52.83, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.1122 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.143 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4086, 27.3537, 57.9416)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC74C8 #80C874

analogous

#9274C8 #BC74C8 #C874AA

triadic

#BC74C8 #C8BC74 #74C8BC

tetradic

#BC74C8 #C89274 #80C874 #74AAC8

square

#BC74C8 #C89274 #80C874 #74AAC8

split-complementary

#BC74C8 #AAC874 #74C892

monochromatic

#7F378B #A748B7 #BC74C8 #D1A0D9 #E6CCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC74C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC74C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC74C8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC74C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC74C8	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc74c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.143 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ed9',
    500: '#bc74c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc74c8;
$custom-light: #d19ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc74c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66617,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC74C8

secondary

#C1DBBC

accent

#B62F42

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FA

border

#D3CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC74C8

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

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