#BC57DD#BC57DD

#BC57DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.210 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57DD
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 60.59, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 79.34, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1535 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.21 317)
XYZ	xyz(37.1965, 22.7296, 70.8205)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57DD #78DD57

analogous

#7957DD #BC57DD #DD57BB

triadic

#BC57DD #DDBC57 #57DDBC

tetradic

#BC57DD #DD7957 #78DD57 #57BBDD

square

#BC57DD #DD7957 #78DD57 #57BBDD

split-complementary

#BC57DD #BBDD57 #57DD79

monochromatic

#7C1F9A #A52ACD #BC57DD #D08AE7 #E5BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BC57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57DD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57DD	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.210 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce8',
    500: '#bc57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57dd;
$custom-light: #d38ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.224,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.21001,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.22728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57DD

secondary

#BBE1AE

accent

#CE1744

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57DD

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

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