#BC53D9#BC53D9

#BC53D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.212 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC53D9
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 61.62, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 79.59, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1582 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.212 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3550, 21.8892, 67.9422)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC53D9 #70D953

analogous

#7953D9 #BC53D9 #D953B3

triadic

#BC53D9 #D9BC53 #53D9BC

tetradic

#BC53D9 #D97953 #70D953 #53B3D9

square

#BC53D9 #D97953 #70D953 #53B3D9

split-complementary

#BC53D9 #B3D953 #53D979

monochromatic

#792091 #A32BC4 #BC53D9 #D085E4 #E3B7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC53D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC53D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC53D9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC53D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC53D9	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc53d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.212 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ae5',
    500: '#bc53d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc53d9;
$custom-light: #d38ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc53d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.015,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62913,
    "c": 0.21179,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC53D9

secondary

#B5DEAA

accent

#E74165

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC53D9

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

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