#BC50CE#BC50CE

#BC50CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.206 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50CE
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 61.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 60.86, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 76.18, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1615 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.206 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7471, 20.8867, 60.5818)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50CE #62CE50

analogous

#7D50CE #BC50CE #CE50A1

triadic

#BC50CE #CEBC50 #50CEBC

tetradic

#BC50CE #CE7D50 #62CE50 #50A1CE

square

#BC50CE #CE7D50 #62CE50 #50A1CE

split-complementary

#BC50CE #A1CE50 #50CE7D

monochromatic

#732480 #9E31B0 #BC50CE #CE80DB #E1B0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC50CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BC50CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50CE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50CE	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.206 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388dd',
    500: '#bc50ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50ce;
$custom-light: #d388dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61933,
    "c": 0.20582,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50CE

secondary

#AAD7A3

accent

#E0485E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50CE

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

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