#BC50BD#BC50BD

#BC50BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.191 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50BD
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 57.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 57.77, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 68.84, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.1604 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.191 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7925, 20.1048, 50.2876)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50BD #51BD50

analogous

#8650BD #BC50BD #BD5087

triadic

#BC50BD #BDBC50 #50BDBC

tetradic

#BC50BD #BD8650 #51BD50 #5087BD

square

#BC50BD #BD8650 #51BD50 #5087BD

split-complementary

#BC50BD #87BD50 #50BD86

monochromatic

#6A286A #963997 #BC50BD #CD7CCE #DEA9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC50BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC50BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50BD

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50BD	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4373C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.191 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387d1',
    500: '#bc50bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50bd;
$custom-light: #d387d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.45,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61018,
    "c": 0.19073,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50BD

secondary

#9DCC9D

accent

#D55354

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50BD

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

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