#BC53B5#BC53B5

#BC53B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.179 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53B5
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 55.01, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 63.94, 329.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.1556 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.179 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1725, 20.2162, 45.9147)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53B5 #53BC5A

analogous

#8E53BC #BC53B5 #BC5380

triadic

#BC53B5 #B5BC53 #53B5BC

tetradic

#BC53B5 #BC8E53 #53BC5A #5380BC

square

#BC53B5 #BC8E53 #53BC5A #5380BC

split-complementary

#BC53B5 #80BC53 #53BC8E

monochromatic

#6B2A67 #973B91 #BC53B5 #CD7FC8 #DEABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BC53B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC53B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53B5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53B5	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C73B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.179 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389cb',
    500: '#bc53b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53b5;
$custom-light: #d389cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.17938,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53B5

secondary

#9FCCA2

accent

#D45D54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53B5

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

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