#BC5BAE#BC5BAE

#BC5BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.161 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BAE
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 49.99, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 56.71, 331.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.1434 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.161 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1200, 21.2316, 42.4425)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BAE #5BBC69

analogous

#9A5BBC #BC5BAE #BC5B7E

triadic

#BC5BAE #AEBC5B #5BAEBC

tetradic

#BC5BAE #BC9A5B #5BBC69 #5B7EBC

square

#BC5BAE #BC9A5B #5BBC69 #5B7EBC

split-complementary

#BC5BAE #7EBC5B #5BBC9A

monochromatic

#6F2D66 #9B3F8D #BC5BAE #CE86C3 #E0B2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC5BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BC5BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BAE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BAE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3617D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.161 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc6',
    500: '#bc5bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bae;
$custom-light: #d28dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.66,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61711,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BAE

secondary

#A5CEAB

accent

#D26856

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BAE

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

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