#BC51BD#BC51BD

#BC51BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.189 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51BD
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 57.32, -37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 68.32, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1591 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.189 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8662, 20.2523, 50.3122)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51BD #52BD51

analogous

#8651BD #BC51BD #BD5188

triadic

#BC51BD #BDBC51 #51BDBC

tetradic

#BC51BD #BD8651 #52BD51 #5188BD

square

#BC51BD #BD8651 #52BD51 #5188BD

split-complementary

#BC51BD #88BD51 #51BD86

monochromatic

#6A296B #973997 #BC51BD #CD7DCE #DEAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BC51BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BC51BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51BD

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51BD	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4573C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.189 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388d1',
    500: '#bc51bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51bd;
$custom-light: #d388d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61139,
    "c": 0.18926,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51BD

secondary

#9ECC9E

accent

#D55354

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51BD

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

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