#BC57BE#BC57BE

#BC57BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.181 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57BE
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 54.71, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 65.53, 326.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.1514 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.181 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4409, 21.2274, 51.0411)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57BE #59BE57

analogous

#8957BE #BC57BE #BE578D

triadic

#BC57BE #BEBC57 #57BEBC

tetradic

#BC57BE #BE8957 #59BE57 #578DBE

square

#BC57BE #BE8957 #59BE57 #578DBE

split-complementary

#BC57BE #8DBE57 #57BE89

monochromatic

#6E2B6F #9A3C9C #BC57BE #CE83CF #DFAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC57BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC57BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57BE

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57BE	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#4C77C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.181 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bd2',
    500: '#bc57be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57be;
$custom-light: #d38bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.835,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61943,
    "c": 0.18108,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57BE

secondary

#A3CEA3

accent

#D45456

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →