#BC74E4#BC74E4

#BC74E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.173 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC74E4
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 47.61, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 66.18, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.1166 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.173 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9856, 28.7845, 76.7806)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC74E4 #9CE474

analogous

#8474E4 #BC74E4 #E474D4

triadic

#BC74E4 #E4BC74 #74E4BC

tetradic

#BC74E4 #E48474 #9CE474 #74D4E4

square

#BC74E4 #E48474 #9CE474 #74D4E4

split-complementary

#BC74E4 #D4E474 #74E484

monochromatic

#8424BA #A341DA #BC74E4 #D5A7EE #EDDAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC74E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC74E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC74E4

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC74E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC74E4	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B886A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc74e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.173 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29eed',
    500: '#bc74e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc74e4;
$custom-light: #d29eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc74e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68001,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC74E4

secondary

#D5EBC8

accent

#CF1658

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC74E4

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

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