#BC57E1#BC57E1

#BC57E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.214 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57E1
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 61.38, -53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 81.18, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1535 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.214 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7357, 22.9453, 73.6607)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57E1 #7CE157

analogous

#7757E1 #BC57E1 #E157C1

triadic

#BC57E1 #E1BC57 #57E1BC

tetradic

#BC57E1 #E17757 #7CE157 #57C1E1

square

#BC57E1 #E17757 #7CE157 #57C1E1

split-complementary

#BC57E1 #C1E157 #57E177

monochromatic

#7D1DA1 #A626D5 #BC57E1 #D18BEA #E5BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC57E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC57E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57E1

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57E1	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5787DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.214 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ceb',
    500: '#bc57e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57e1;
$custom-light: #d38ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63859,
    "c": 0.21386,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57E1

secondary

#BEE4B0

accent

#D21447

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57E1

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

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