#BC5BB5#BC5BB5

#BC5BB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.167 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BB5
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 51.19, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 59.53, 329.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.1447 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.167 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8203, 21.5117, 46.1306)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BB5 #5BBC62

analogous

#935BBC #BC5BB5 #BC5B85

triadic

#BC5BB5 #B5BC5B #5BB5BC

tetradic

#BC5BB5 #BC935B #5BBC62 #5B85BC

square

#BC5BB5 #BC935B #5BBC62 #5B85BC

split-complementary

#BC5BB5 #85BC5B #5BBC93

monochromatic

#6F2D6A #9B3F94 #BC5BB5 #CE86C9 #E0B2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC5BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC5BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BB5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BB5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5677B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.167 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dcb',
    500: '#bc5bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bb5;
$custom-light: #d28dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.33,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62034,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BB5

secondary

#A5CEA8

accent

#D25F56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BB5

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

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