#BC51BC#BC51BC

#BC51BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.188 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51BC
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 57.14, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 67.90, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.159 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.188 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7581, 20.2091, 49.7425)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51BC #51BC51

analogous

#8651BC #BC51BC #BC5186

triadic

#BC51BC #BCBC51 #51BCBC

tetradic

#BC51BC #BC8651 #51BC51 #5186BC

square

#BC51BC #BC8651 #51BC51 #5186BC

split-complementary

#BC51BC #86BC51 #51BC86

monochromatic

#6A296A #963A96 #BC51BC #CD7DCD #DEA9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC51BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC51BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51BC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51BC	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4573BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.188 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388d0',
    500: '#bc51bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51bc;
$custom-light: #d388d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61088,
    "c": 0.1884,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51BC

secondary

#9DCC9D

accent

#D45454

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51BC

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

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