#BC51B3#BC51B3

#BC51B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.181 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51B3
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 55.59, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 64.20, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1579 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.181 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8180, 19.8330, 44.7914)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51B3 #51BC5A

analogous

#9051BC #BC51B3 #BC517D

triadic

#BC51B3 #B3BC51 #51B3BC

tetradic

#BC51B3 #BC9051 #51BC5A #517DBC

square

#BC51B3 #BC9051 #51BC5A #517DBC

split-complementary

#BC51B3 #7DBC51 #51BC90

monochromatic

#6A2964 #963A8E #BC51B3 #CD7DC6 #DEA9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC51B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BC51B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51B3

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51B3	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.181 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387ca',
    500: '#bc51b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51b3;
$custom-light: #d387ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.047,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60638,
    "c": 0.18074,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51B3

secondary

#9DCCA1

accent

#D45E54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51B3

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

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