#BC57BB#BC57BB

#BC57BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.178 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57BB
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(301, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 54.18, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 64.26, 327.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.151 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.178 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1164, 21.0976, 49.3320)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57BB #57BC58

analogous

#8B57BC #BC57BB #BC5789

triadic

#BC57BB #BBBC57 #57BBBC

tetradic

#BC57BB #BC8B57 #57BC58 #5789BC

square

#BC57BB #BC8B57 #57BC58 #5789BC

split-complementary

#BC57BB #89BC57 #57BC8B

monochromatic

#6D2C6C #993D98 #BC57BB #CD83CD #DFAFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC57BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC57BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57BB

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57BB	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D76BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.178 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bd0',
    500: '#bc57bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57bb;
$custom-light: #d38bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.594,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61793,
    "c": 0.17841,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57BB

secondary

#A2CDA2

accent

#D35655

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57BB

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

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