#BC57CD#BC57CD

#BC57CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.195 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57CD
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 57.48, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 72.09, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.1528 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.195 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1655, 21.9172, 60.1239)
Luminance	0.2192 (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

#BC57CD #68CD57

analogous

#8157CD #BC57CD #CD57A3

triadic

#BC57CD #CDBC57 #57CDBC

tetradic

#BC57CD #CD8157 #68CD57 #57A3CD

square

#BC57CD #CD8157 #68CD57 #57A3CD

split-complementary

#BC57CD #A3CD57 #57CD81

monochromatic

#752783 #A035B2 #BC57CD #CF86DB #E2B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC57CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC57CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57CD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57CD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.195 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cdd',
    500: '#bc57cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57cd;
$custom-light: #d38cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.356,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.19482,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57CD

secondary

#AFD8A8

accent

#DD4A60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57CD

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

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