#BC51AB#BC51AB

#BC51AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.174 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51AB
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 171)
HSL	hsl(310, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(310, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 54.26, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 61.05, 332.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1567 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.174 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0322, 19.5188, 40.6532)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51AB #51BC62

analogous

#9851BC #BC51AB #BC5175

triadic

#BC51AB #ABBC51 #51ABBC

tetradic

#BC51AB #BC9851 #51BC62 #5175BC

square

#BC51AB #BC9851 #51BC62 #5175BC

split-complementary

#BC51AB #75BC51 #51BC98

monochromatic

#6A2960 #963A87 #BC51AB #CD7DC0 #DEA9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BC51AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BC51AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51AB

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51AB	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5070AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.174 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387c4',
    500: '#bc51ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51ab;
$custom-light: #d387c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.533,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60257,
    "c": 0.17422,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51AB

secondary

#9DCCA5

accent

#D46854

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51AB

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

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