#BC57AD#BC57AD

#BC57AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.166 H 333.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57AD
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(309, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 51.76, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 58.57, 332.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.1488 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.166 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6901, 20.5271, 41.8201)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57AD #57BC66

analogous

#9957BC #BC57AD #BC577B

triadic

#BC57AD #ADBC57 #57ADBC

tetradic

#BC57AD #BC9957 #57BC66 #577BBC

square

#BC57AD #BC9957 #57BC66 #577BBC

split-complementary

#BC57AD #7BBC57 #57BC99

monochromatic

#6D2C63 #993D8B #BC57AD #CD83C2 #DFAFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC57AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC57AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57AD

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57AD	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5574B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.166 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bc5',
    500: '#bc57ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57ad;
$custom-light: #d28bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.911,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61125,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57AD

secondary

#A2CDA8

accent

#D36855

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57AD

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

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