#BC57D5#BC57D5

#BC57D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.202 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57D5
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 59.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 59.02, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 75.69, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1533 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.202 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1559, 22.3134, 65.3403)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57D5 #70D557

analogous

#7D57D5 #BC57D5 #D557AF

triadic

#BC57D5 #D5BC57 #57D5BC

tetradic

#BC57D5 #D57D57 #70D557 #57AFD5

square

#BC57D5 #D57D57 #70D557 #57AFD5

split-complementary

#BC57D5 #AFD557 #57D57D

monochromatic

#79248E #A330BF #BC57D5 #D088E1 #E3B9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BC57D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BC57D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57D5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57D5	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F86D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.202 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce2',
    500: '#bc57d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57d5;
$custom-light: #d38ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.095,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63168,
    "c": 0.20237,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57D5

secondary

#B5DDAB

accent

#E34564

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57D5

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

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