#BC51AE#BC51AE

#BC51AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.177 H 332.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51AE
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 54.75, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 62.21, 331.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1572 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.177 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3214, 19.6344, 42.1763)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51AE #51BC5F

analogous

#9451BC #BC51AE #BC5179

triadic

#BC51AE #AEBC51 #51AEBC

tetradic

#BC51AE #BC9451 #51BC5F #5179BC

square

#BC51AE #BC9451 #51BC5F #5179BC

split-complementary

#BC51AE #79BC51 #51BC94

monochromatic

#6A2961 #963A8A #BC51AE #CD7DC3 #DEA9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC51AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC51AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51AE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51AE	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E71B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.177 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387c6',
    500: '#bc51ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51ae;
$custom-light: #d387c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.85,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60397,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51AE

secondary

#9DCCA3

accent

#D46454

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51AE

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

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