#BC57DB#BC57DB

#BC57DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.208 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57DB
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 60.19, -50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 78.42, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1535 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.208 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9316, 22.6237, 69.4255)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57DB #76DB57

analogous

#7A57DB #BC57DB #DB57B8

triadic

#BC57DB #DBBC57 #57DBBC

tetradic

#BC57DB #DB7A57 #76DB57 #57B8DB

square

#BC57DB #DB7A57 #76DB57 #57B8DB

split-complementary

#BC57DB #B8DB57 #57DB7A

monochromatic

#7B2097 #A42BCA #BC57DB #D089E6 #E4BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BC57DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BC57DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57DB

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57DB	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.208 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce7',
    500: '#bc57db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57db;
$custom-light: #d38ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.20809,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57DB

secondary

#B9E0AD

accent

#E84067

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57DB

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

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