#BC5BAD#BC5BAD

#BC5BAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.160 H 333.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BAD
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 49.82, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 56.32, 332.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1432 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.16 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0229, 21.1928, 41.9310)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BAD #5BBC6A

analogous

#9A5BBC #BC5BAD #BC5B7D

triadic

#BC5BAD #ADBC5B #5BADBC

tetradic

#BC5BAD #BC9A5B #5BBC6A #5B7DBC

square

#BC5BAD #BC9A5B #5BBC6A #5B7DBC

split-complementary

#BC5BAD #7DBC5B #5BBC9A

monochromatic

#6F2D65 #9B3F8C #BC5BAD #CE86C3 #E0B2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC5BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC5BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BAD

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BAD	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A76B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.160 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc5',
    500: '#bc5bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bad;
$custom-light: #d28dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.278,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61666,
    "c": 0.15998,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BAD

secondary

#A5CEAB

accent

#D26956

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BAD

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

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