#BC53B4#BC53B4

#BC53B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.179 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53B4
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 54.84, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 63.53, 329.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1554 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.179 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0703, 20.1753, 45.3762)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53B4 #53BC5B

analogous

#8F53BC #BC53B4 #BC5380

triadic

#BC53B4 #B4BC53 #53B4BC

tetradic

#BC53B4 #BC8F53 #53BC5B #5380BC

square

#BC53B4 #BC8F53 #53BC5B #5380BC

split-complementary

#BC53B4 #80BC53 #53BC8F

monochromatic

#6B2A66 #973B90 #BC53B4 #CD7FC7 #DEABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC53B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC53B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53B4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53B4	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#4D73B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.179 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389cb',
    500: '#bc53b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53b4;
$custom-light: #d389cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60937,
    "c": 0.17854,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53B4

secondary

#9FCCA2

accent

#D45E54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53B4

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

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