#BC57E5#BC57E5

#BC57E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.218 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC57E5
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 62.19, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 83.03, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1535 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.218 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2878, 23.1662, 76.5682)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC57E5 #80E557

analogous

#7557E5 #BC57E5 #E557C7

triadic

#BC57E5 #E5BC57 #57E5BC

tetradic

#BC57E5 #E57557 #80E557 #57C7E5

square

#BC57E5 #E57557 #80E557 #57C7E5

split-complementary

#BC57E5 #C7E557 #57E575

monochromatic

#7F1AA8 #A722DD #BC57E5 #D18CED #E6C1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC57E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BC57E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC57E5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC57E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC57E5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc57e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.218 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cee',
    500: '#bc57e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc57e5;
$custom-light: #d48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc57e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.676,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64097,
    "c": 0.21773,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC57E5

secondary

#C1E6B2

accent

#D51049

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC57E5

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

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