#BC57B2#BC57B2

#BC57B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.171 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57B2
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 52.61, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 60.55, 330.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1497 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.171 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1829, 20.7242, 44.4159)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57B2 #57BC61

analogous

#9457BC #BC57B2 #BC5780

triadic

#BC57B2 #B2BC57 #57B2BC

tetradic

#BC57B2 #BC9457 #57BC61 #5780BC

square

#BC57B2 #BC9457 #57BC61 #5780BC

split-complementary

#BC57B2 #80BC57 #57BC94

monochromatic

#6D2C67 #993D90 #BC57B2 #CD83C6 #DFAFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC57B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BC57B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57B2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57B2	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5375B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.171 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bc9',
    500: '#bc57b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57b2;
$custom-light: #d38bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.941,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61357,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57B2

secondary

#A2CDA6

accent

#D36155

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57B2

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

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