#BC51BE#BC51BE

#BC51BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.190 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51BE
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 57.50, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 68.74, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1592 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.19 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9752, 20.2959, 50.8859)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51BE #53BE51

analogous

#8551BE #BC51BE #BE5189

triadic

#BC51BE #BEBC51 #51BEBC

tetradic

#BC51BE #BE8551 #53BE51 #5189BE

square

#BC51BE #BE8551 #53BE51 #5189BE

split-complementary

#BC51BE #89BE51 #51BE85

monochromatic

#6B286C #973999 #BC51BE #CD7ECF #DEAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC51BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51BE

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51BE	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4474C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.190 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388d2',
    500: '#bc51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51be;
$custom-light: #d388d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.899,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6119,
    "c": 0.19013,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51BE

secondary

#9FCD9E

accent

#D55355

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51BE

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

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