#BC50B0#BC50B0

#BC50B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.180 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50B0
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 176)
HSL	hsl(307, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 55.54, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 63.53, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1588 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.18 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4441, 19.5655, 43.1862)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50B0 #50BC5C

analogous

#9250BC #BC50B0 #BC507A

triadic

#BC50B0 #B0BC50 #50B0BC

tetradic

#BC50B0 #BC9250 #50BC5C #507ABC

square

#BC50B0 #BC9250 #50BC5C #507ABC

split-complementary

#BC50B0 #7ABC50 #50BC92

monochromatic

#692862 #96398B #BC50B0 #CD7CC4 #DEA9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BC50B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BC50B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50B0

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50B0	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C71B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.180 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387c8',
    500: '#bc50b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50b0;
$custom-light: #d387c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60369,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50B0

secondary

#9CCBA2

accent

#D46253

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50B0

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

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