#BC51CD#BC51CD

#BC51CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.204 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51CD
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(292, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 60.23, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 75.23, 323.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1603 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.204 322)
XYZ	xyz(34.6997, 20.9857, 59.9687)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51CD #62CD51

analogous

#7E51CD #BC51CD #CD51A0

triadic

#BC51CD #CDBC51 #51CDBC

tetradic

#BC51CD #CD7E51 #62CD51 #51A0CD

square

#BC51CD #CD7E51 #62CD51 #51A0CD

split-complementary

#BC51CD #A0CD51 #51CD7E

monochromatic

#73257F #9E32AF #BC51CD #CE81DB #E1B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BC51CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BC51CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51CD

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51CD	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3777D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.204 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388dd',
    500: '#bc51cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51cd;
$custom-light: #d388dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.774,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61995,
    "c": 0.20351,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.20984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51CD

secondary

#AAD7A3

accent

#DF495E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51CD

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

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