#BC5BB9#BC5BB9

#BC5BB9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.170 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BB9
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(302, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 51.90, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 61.19, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1453 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.17 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2366, 21.6783, 48.3232)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BB9 #5BBC5E

analogous

#8F5BBC #BC5BB9 #BC5B88

triadic

#BC5BB9 #B9BC5B #5BB9BC

tetradic

#BC5BB9 #BC8F5B #5BBC5E #5B88BC

square

#BC5BB9 #BC8F5B #5BBC5E #5B88BC

split-complementary

#BC5BB9 #88BC5B #5BBC8F

monochromatic

#6F2D6D #9B3F98 #BC5BB9 #CE86CC #E0B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BC5BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BC5BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BB9

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BB9	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7185B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.170 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dce',
    500: '#bc5bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bb9;
$custom-light: #d28dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.856,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62225,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BB9

secondary

#A5CEA6

accent

#D25A56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BB9

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

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