#BC57BD#BC57BD

#BC57BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.180 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57BD
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 54%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 54.54, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 65.10, 326.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1513 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.18 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3320, 21.1838, 50.4675)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57BD #58BD57

analogous

#8957BD #BC57BD #BD578B

triadic

#BC57BD #BDBC57 #57BDBC

tetradic

#BC57BD #BD8957 #58BD57 #578BBD

square

#BC57BD #BD8957 #58BD57 #578BBD

split-complementary

#BC57BD #8BBD57 #57BD89

monochromatic

#6E2B6E #993D9A #BC57BD #CE83CE #DFAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC57BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC57BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57BD

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57BD	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C77C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.180 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bd1',
    500: '#bc57bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57bd;
$custom-light: #d38bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.412,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61893,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57BD

secondary

#A3CEA2

accent

#D35456

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57BD

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

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