#BC57C9#BC57C9

#BC57C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.191 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57C9
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 56.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 56.73, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 70.31, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1525 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.191 323)
XYZ	xyz(34.6888, 21.7266, 57.6135)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57C9 #64C957

analogous

#8357C9 #BC57C9 #C9579D

triadic

#BC57C9 #C9BC57 #57C9BC

tetradic

#BC57C9 #C98357 #64C957 #579DC9

square

#BC57C9 #C98357 #64C957 #579DC9

split-complementary

#BC57C9 #9DC957 #57C983

monochromatic

#74287D #9E37AC #BC57C9 #CE85D8 #E1B4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BC57C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BC57C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57C9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57C9	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4479CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.191 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bda',
    500: '#bc57c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57c9;
$custom-light: #d38bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.158,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62512,
    "c": 0.1911,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.21725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57C9

secondary

#ACD5A7

accent

#DB4D5D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57C9

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

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