#BC53B0#BC53B0

#BC53B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.175 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53B0
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 176)
HSL	hsl(307, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 54.16, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 61.93, 330.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1548 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.175 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6687, 20.0146, 43.2611)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53B0 #53BC5F

analogous

#9353BC #BC53B0 #BC537B

triadic

#BC53B0 #B0BC53 #53B0BC

tetradic

#BC53B0 #BC9353 #53BC5F #537BBC

square

#BC53B0 #BC9353 #53BC5F #537BBC

split-complementary

#BC53B0 #7BBC53 #53BC93

monochromatic

#6B2A63 #973B8C #BC53B0 #CD7FC4 #DEABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BC53B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BC53B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53B0

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53B0	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F72B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.175 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389c8',
    500: '#bc53b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53b0;
$custom-light: #d389c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60745,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53B0

secondary

#9FCCA4

accent

#D46354

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53B0

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

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