#BC5ACD#BC5ACD

#BC5ACD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.190 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5ACD
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 56.07, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 70.46, 322.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.149 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.19 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4134, 22.4131, 60.2066)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5ACD #6BCD5A

analogous

#825ACD #BC5ACD #CD5AA5

triadic

#BC5ACD #CDBC5A #5ACDBC

tetradic

#BC5ACD #CD825A #6BCD5A #5AA5CD

square

#BC5ACD #CD825A #6BCD5A #5AA5CD

split-complementary

#BC5ACD #A5CD5A #5ACD82

monochromatic

#772884 #A136B3 #BC5ACD #CF89DB #E2B8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BC5ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BC5ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5ACD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5ACD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6686CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.190 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ddd',
    500: '#bc5acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5acd;
$custom-light: #d38ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.13,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6311,
    "c": 0.19033,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5ACD

secondary

#B1D8AA

accent

#DD4B60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5ACD

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

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