#BC57E2#BC57E2

#BC57E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.215 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57E2
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 61.58, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 81.65, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1535 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.215 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8726, 23.0001, 74.3812)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57E2 #7DE257

analogous

#7757E2 #BC57E2 #E257C3

triadic

#BC57E2 #E2BC57 #57E2BC

tetradic

#BC57E2 #E27757 #7DE257 #57C3E2

square

#BC57E2 #E27757 #7DE257 #57C3E2

split-complementary

#BC57E2 #C3E257 #57E277

monochromatic

#7E1CA3 #A625D7 #BC57E2 #D18BEB #E6BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC57E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC57E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57E2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57E2	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.215 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cec',
    500: '#bc57e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57e2;
$custom-light: #d38cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.597,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.21482,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57E2

secondary

#BFE4B0

accent

#D31347

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57E2

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

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