#BC57BC#BC57BC

#BC57BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.179 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57BC
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(300, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 54.36, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 64.68, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1512 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.179 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2238, 21.1405, 49.8978)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57BC #57BC57

analogous

#8A57BC #BC57BC #BC578A

triadic

#BC57BC #BCBC57 #57BCBC

tetradic

#BC57BC #BC8A57 #57BC57 #578ABC

square

#BC57BC #BC8A57 #57BC57 #578ABC

split-complementary

#BC57BC #8ABC57 #57BC8A

monochromatic

#6D2C6D #993D99 #BC57BC #CD83CD #DFAFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC57BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BC57BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57BC

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57BC	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D76BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.179 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bd0',
    500: '#bc57bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57bc;
$custom-light: #d38bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61843,
    "c": 0.17929,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57BC

secondary

#A2CDA2

accent

#D35555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57BC

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

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