#BC57D3#BC57D3

#BC57D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.200 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57D3
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 58.63, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 74.78, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.1532 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.2 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9036, 22.2125, 64.0116)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57D3 #6ED357

analogous

#7E57D3 #BC57D3 #D357AC

triadic

#BC57D3 #D3BC57 #57D3BC

tetradic

#BC57D3 #D37E57 #6ED357 #57ACD3

square

#BC57D3 #D37E57 #6ED357 #57ACD3

split-complementary

#BC57D3 #ACD357 #57D37E

monochromatic

#78248B #A231BC #BC57D3 #CF87E0 #E3B8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BC57D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BC57D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57D3

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57D3	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.200 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce1',
    500: '#bc57d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57d3;
$custom-light: #d38ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.871,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.20047,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57D3

secondary

#B3DCAA

accent

#E24663

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57D3

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

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