#BC50D5#BC50D5

#BC50D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.212 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50D5
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 62.18, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 79.30, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1617 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.212 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6164, 21.2344, 65.1605)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50D5 #69D550

analogous

#7A50D5 #BC50D5 #D550AB

triadic

#BC50D5 #D5BC50 #50D5BC

tetradic

#BC50D5 #D57A50 #69D550 #50ABD5

square

#BC50D5 #D57A50 #69D550 #50ABD5

split-complementary

#BC50D5 #ABD550 #50D57A

monochromatic

#76218A #A02DBB #BC50D5 #CF81E1 #E2B3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC50D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BC50D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50D5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50D5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.212 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e2',
    500: '#bc50d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50d5;
$custom-light: #d388e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.722,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62331,
    "c": 0.21221,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50D5

secondary

#B0DBA6

accent

#E44362

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50D5

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

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