#BC50AE#BC50AE

#BC50AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.178 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50AE
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 55.21, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 62.74, 331.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1585 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.178 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2477, 19.4869, 42.1517)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50AE #50BC5E

analogous

#9450BC #BC50AE #BC5078

triadic

#BC50AE #AEBC50 #50AEBC

tetradic

#BC50AE #BC9450 #50BC5E #5078BC

square

#BC50AE #BC9450 #50BC5E #5078BC

split-complementary

#BC50AE #78BC50 #50BC94

monochromatic

#692861 #96398A #BC50AE #CD7CC2 #DEA9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC50AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BC50AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50AE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50AE	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D70B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.178 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387c6',
    500: '#bc50ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50ae;
$custom-light: #d387c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60273,
    "c": 0.17816,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50AE

secondary

#9CCBA3

accent

#D46453

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50AE

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

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