#BC53CE#BC53CE

#BC53CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.202 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53CE
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 59.51, -45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 74.64, 322.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1579 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.202 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9716, 21.3358, 60.6567)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53CE #65CE53

analogous

#7F53CE #BC53CE #CE53A2

triadic

#BC53CE #CEBC53 #53CEBC

tetradic

#BC53CE #CE7F53 #65CE53 #53A2CE

square

#BC53CE #CE7F53 #65CE53 #53A2CE

split-complementary

#BC53CE #A2CE53 #53CE7F

monochromatic

#742582 #9F33B1 #BC53CE #CF83DC #E1B2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BC53CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC53CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53CE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53CE	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3978D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.202 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389dd',
    500: '#bc53ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53ce;
$custom-light: #d389dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.20157,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53CE

secondary

#ADD8A5

accent

#DF495F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53CE

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

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