#BC57AE#BC57AE

#BC57AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.167 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57AE
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(308, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 51.93, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 58.96, 331.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.149 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.167 333)
XYZ	xyz(31.7872, 20.5659, 42.3316)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57AE #57BC65

analogous

#9857BC #BC57AE #BC577C

triadic

#BC57AE #AEBC57 #57AEBC

tetradic

#BC57AE #BC9857 #57BC65 #577CBC

square

#BC57AE #BC9857 #57BC65 #577CBC

split-complementary

#BC57AE #7CBC57 #57BC98

monochromatic

#6D2C64 #993D8C #BC57AE #CD83C3 #DFAFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC57AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BC57AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57AE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57AE	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5574B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.167 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bc6',
    500: '#bc57ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57ae;
$custom-light: #d28bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.317,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61171,
    "c": 0.16727,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.20564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57AE

secondary

#A2CDA8

accent

#D36655

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57AE

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

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