#BC57DF#BC57DF

#BC57DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.212 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57DF
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 60.98, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 80.26, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1535 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.212 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4645, 22.8368, 72.2322)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57DF #7ADF57

analogous

#7857DF #BC57DF #DF57BE

triadic

#BC57DF #DFBC57 #57DFBC

tetradic

#BC57DF #DF7857 #7ADF57 #57BEDF

square

#BC57DF #DF7857 #7ADF57 #57BEDF

split-complementary

#BC57DF #BEDF57 #57DF78

monochromatic

#7D1E9E #A528D1 #BC57DF #D18AE9 #E5BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BC57DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BC57DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57DF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57DF	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7DE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.212 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce9',
    500: '#bc57df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57df;
$custom-light: #d38ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.559,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.21194,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57DF

secondary

#BCE3AF

accent

#D01646

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57DF

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

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