#BC50D4#BC50D4

#BC50D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.211 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50D4
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 61.99, -48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 78.85, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1617 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.211 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4899, 21.1838, 64.4941)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50D4 #68D450

analogous

#7A50D4 #BC50D4 #D450AA

triadic

#BC50D4 #D4BC50 #50D4BC

tetradic

#BC50D4 #D47A50 #68D450 #50AAD4

square

#BC50D4 #D47A50 #68D450 #50AAD4

split-complementary

#BC50D4 #AAD450 #50D47A

monochromatic

#752188 #A02EB9 #BC50D4 #CF81E0 #E2B2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC50D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC50D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50D4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50D4	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.211 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e2',
    500: '#bc50d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50d4;
$custom-light: #d388e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62274,
    "c": 0.21129,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50D4

secondary

#AFDBA5

accent

#E44461

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50D4

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

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