#BC5BBC#BC5BBC

#BC5BBC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BBC
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 52.43, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 62.45, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1458 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.173 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5567, 21.8063, 50.0087)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BBC #5BBC5B

analogous

#8C5BBC #BC5BBC #BC5B8C

triadic

#BC5BBC #BCBC5B #5BBCBC

tetradic

#BC5BBC #BC8C5B #5BBC5B #5B8CBC

square

#BC5BBC #BC8C5B #5BBC5B #5B8CBC

split-complementary

#BC5BBC #8CBC5B #5BBC8C

monochromatic

#6F2D6F #9B3F9B #BC5BBC #CE86CE #E0B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC5BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC5BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BBC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BBC	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed0',
    500: '#bc5bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bbc;
$custom-light: #d28ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BBC

secondary

#A5CEA5

accent

#D25656

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BBC

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

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