#BC51AF#BC51AF

#BC51AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.177 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51AF
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 175)
HSL	hsl(307, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 54.92, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 62.61, 331.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1573 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.177 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4193, 19.6736, 42.6917)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51AF #51BC5E

analogous

#9451BC #BC51AF #BC5179

triadic

#BC51AF #AFBC51 #51AFBC

tetradic

#BC51AF #BC9451 #51BC5E #5179BC

square

#BC51AF #BC9451 #51BC5E #5179BC

split-complementary

#BC51AF #79BC51 #51BC94

monochromatic

#6A2962 #963A8B #BC51AF #CD7DC3 #DEA9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC51AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC51AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51AF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51AF	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)

#4E71B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.177 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387c7',
    500: '#bc51af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51af;
$custom-light: #d387c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.29,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60445,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51AF

secondary

#9DCCA3

accent

#D46354

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51AF

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

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