#BC51BF#BC51BF

#BC51BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.191 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51BF
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 57.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 57.67, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 69.16, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1593 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.191 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0848, 20.3398, 51.4634)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51BF #54BF51

analogous

#8551BF #BC51BF #BF518B

triadic

#BC51BF #BFBC51 #51BFBC

tetradic

#BC51BF #BF8551 #54BF51 #518BBF

square

#BC51BF #BF8551 #54BF51 #518BBF

split-complementary

#BC51BF #8BBF51 #51BF85

monochromatic

#6B286D #97399A #BC51BF #CD7ECF #DEAAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC51BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BC51BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51BF

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51BF	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4374C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.191 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388d3',
    500: '#bc51bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51bf;
$custom-light: #d388d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61242,
    "c": 0.19101,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51BF

secondary

#A0CE9E

accent

#D65256

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51BF

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

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