#BC51B2#BC51B2

#BC51B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.180 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51B2
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(306, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 55.42, -31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 63.80, 330.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.1578 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.18 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7172, 19.7927, 44.2607)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51B2 #51BC5B

analogous

#9051BC #BC51B2 #BC517D

triadic

#BC51B2 #B2BC51 #51B2BC

tetradic

#BC51B2 #BC9051 #51BC5B #517DBC

square

#BC51B2 #BC9051 #51BC5B #517DBC

split-complementary

#BC51B2 #7DBC51 #51BC90

monochromatic

#6A2964 #963A8D #BC51B2 #CD7DC6 #DEA9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BC51B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC51B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51B2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51B2	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C71B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.180 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387c9',
    500: '#bc51b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51b2;
$custom-light: #d387c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.607,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60589,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51B2

secondary

#9DCCA2

accent

#D46054

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51B2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →