#BC50D8#BC50D8

#BC50D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.215 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50D8
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 62.75, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 80.65, 321.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1617 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.215 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0007, 21.3881, 67.1844)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50D8 #6CD850

analogous

#7850D8 #BC50D8 #D850B0

triadic

#BC50D8 #D8BC50 #50D8BC

tetradic

#BC50D8 #D87850 #6CD850 #50B0D8

square

#BC50D8 #D87850 #6CD850 #50B0D8

split-complementary

#BC50D8 #B0D850 #50D878

monochromatic

#77208E #A12BC0 #BC50D8 #CF82E3 #E2B4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC50D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC50D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50D8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50D8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2778DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5883D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.215 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e5',
    500: '#bc50d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50d8;
$custom-light: #d388e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62506,
    "c": 0.21496,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50D8

secondary

#B2DDA7

accent

#E74163

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50D8

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

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