#BC57DE#BC57DE

#BC57DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.211 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57DE
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 60.78, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 79.80, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1535 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.211 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3301, 22.7831, 71.5242)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57DE #79DE57

analogous

#7857DE #BC57DE #DE57BC

triadic

#BC57DE #DEBC57 #57DEBC

tetradic

#BC57DE #DE7857 #79DE57 #57BCDE

square

#BC57DE #DE7857 #79DE57 #57BCDE

split-complementary

#BC57DE #BCDE57 #57DE78

monochromatic

#7C1F9C #A529CF #BC57DE #D08AE8 #E5BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC57DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC57DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57DE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57DE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.211 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce9',
    500: '#bc57de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57de;
$custom-light: #d38ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57DE

secondary

#BCE2AF

accent

#CF1645

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57DE

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

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