#BC53B3#BC53B3

#BC53B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.178 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53B3
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 54.67, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 63.13, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1553 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.178 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9688, 20.1347, 44.8416)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53B3 #53BC5C

analogous

#9053BC #BC53B3 #BC537E

triadic

#BC53B3 #B3BC53 #53B3BC

tetradic

#BC53B3 #BC9053 #53BC5C #537EBC

square

#BC53B3 #BC9053 #53BC5C #537EBC

split-complementary

#BC53B3 #7EBC53 #53BC90

monochromatic

#6B2A65 #973B8F #BC53B3 #CD7FC6 #DEABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC53B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC53B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53B3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53B3	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E73B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.178 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389ca',
    500: '#bc53b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53b3;
$custom-light: #d389ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60888,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53B3

secondary

#9FCCA3

accent

#D45F54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53B3

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

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