#BC57D8#BC57D8

#BC57D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.205 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57D8
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 59.60, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 77.05, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1534 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.205 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5402, 22.4671, 67.3643)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57D8 #73D857

analogous

#7C57D8 #BC57D8 #D857B3

triadic

#BC57D8 #D8BC57 #57D8BC

tetradic

#BC57D8 #D87C57 #73D857 #57B3D8

square

#BC57D8 #D87C57 #73D857 #57B3D8

split-complementary

#BC57D8 #B3D857 #57D87C

monochromatic

#7A2293 #A42EC4 #BC57D8 #D089E4 #E4BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC57D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BC57D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57D8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57D8	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D86D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.205 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce4',
    500: '#bc57d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57d8;
$custom-light: #d38ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.977,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63338,
    "c": 0.20522,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57D8

secondary

#B7DFAC

accent

#E54266

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57D8

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

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