#BC50D9#BC50D9

#BC50D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.216 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC50D9
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 62.94, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 81.10, 320.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1617 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.216 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1304, 21.4400, 67.8673)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC50D9 #6DD950

analogous

#7750D9 #BC50D9 #D950B1

triadic

#BC50D9 #D9BC50 #50D9BC

tetradic

#BC50D9 #D97750 #6DD950 #50B1D9

square

#BC50D9 #D97750 #6DD950 #50B1D9

split-complementary

#BC50D9 #B1D950 #50D977

monochromatic

#781F8F #A22AC2 #BC50D9 #CF82E4 #E3B5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC50D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC50D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC50D9

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC50D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC50D9	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2578DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc50d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.216 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488e5',
    500: '#bc50d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc50d9;
$custom-light: #d488e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc50d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.299,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62564,
    "c": 0.21588,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC50D9

secondary

#B3DEA7

accent

#E74064

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC50D9

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

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