#BC57D4#BC57D4

#BC57D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.201 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57D4
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 212)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 59%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 58.82, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 75.24, 321.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1532 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.201 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0294, 22.2628, 64.6739)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57D4 #6FD457

analogous

#7D57D4 #BC57D4 #D457AD

triadic

#BC57D4 #D4BC57 #57D4BC

tetradic

#BC57D4 #D47D57 #6FD457 #57ADD4

square

#BC57D4 #D47D57 #6FD457 #57ADD4

split-complementary

#BC57D4 #ADD457 #57D47D

monochromatic

#79248D #A230BD #BC57D4 #CF88E0 #E3B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BC57D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BC57D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57D4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57D4	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.201 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce2',
    500: '#bc57d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57d4;
$custom-light: #d38ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.48,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63112,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57D4

secondary

#B4DCAB

accent

#E24564

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57D4

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

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