#BC5AAE#BC5AAE

#BC5AAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.162 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5AAE
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 50.48, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 57.28, 331.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1448 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.162 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0351, 21.0618, 42.4142)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5AAE #5ABC68

analogous

#995ABC #BC5AAE #BC5A7D

triadic

#BC5AAE #AEBC5A #5AAEBC

tetradic

#BC5AAE #BC995A #5ABC68 #5A7DBC

square

#BC5AAE #BC995A #5ABC68 #5A7DBC

split-complementary

#BC5AAE #7DBC5A #5ABC99

monochromatic

#6F2D65 #9A3F8D #BC5AAE #CE86C3 #DFB1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC5AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC5AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5AAE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5AAE	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5876B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.162 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc6',
    500: '#bc5aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5aae;
$custom-light: #d28dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61574,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5AAE

secondary

#A4CEAA

accent

#D26856

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5AAE

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

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