#BC57B3#BC57B3

#BC57B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.171 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57B3
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 52.78, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 60.95, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1499 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.171 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2837, 20.7645, 44.9466)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57B3 #57BC60

analogous

#9357BC #BC57B3 #BC5781

triadic

#BC57B3 #B3BC57 #57B3BC

tetradic

#BC57B3 #BC9357 #57BC60 #5781BC

square

#BC57B3 #BC9357 #57BC60 #5781BC

split-complementary

#BC57B3 #81BC57 #57BC93

monochromatic

#6D2C67 #993D91 #BC57B3 #CD83C7 #DFAFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC57B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BC57B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57B3

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57B3	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5275B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.171 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bca',
    500: '#bc57b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57b3;
$custom-light: #d38bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.347,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61405,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57B3

secondary

#A2CDA6

accent

#D36055

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57B3

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

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