#BC51CE#BC51CE

#BC51CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.204 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51CE
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 60.41, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 75.68, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1603 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.204 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8208, 21.0342, 60.6064)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51CE #63CE51

analogous

#7E51CE #BC51CE #CE51A2

triadic

#BC51CE #CEBC51 #51CEBC

tetradic

#BC51CE #CE7E51 #63CE51 #51A2CE

square

#BC51CE #CE7E51 #63CE51 #51A2CE

split-complementary

#BC51CE #A2CE51 #51CE7E

monochromatic

#732480 #9E32B0 #BC51CE #CE81DB #E1B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC51CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51CE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51CE	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3677D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.204 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388dd',
    500: '#bc51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51ce;
$custom-light: #d388dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.20442,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51CE

secondary

#ABD7A4

accent

#DF485E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51CE

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

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