#BC51C8#BC51C8

#BC51C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.199 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51C8
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 59.30, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 73.04, 324.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.16 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.199 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1058, 20.7482, 56.8407)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51C8 #5DC851

analogous

#8151C8 #BC51C8 #C85198

triadic

#BC51C8 #C8BC51 #51C8BC

tetradic

#BC51C8 #C88151 #5DC851 #5198C8

square

#BC51C8 #C88151 #5DC851 #5198C8

split-complementary

#BC51C8 #98C851 #51C881

monochromatic

#702679 #9B35A7 #BC51C8 #CE80D7 #E0AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC51C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BC51C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51C8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51C8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.199 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388d9',
    500: '#bc51c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51c8;
$custom-light: #d388d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.95,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6172,
    "c": 0.19899,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51C8

secondary

#A6D3A1

accent

#DB4C5B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51C8

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

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