#BC5BBD#BC5BBD

#BC5BBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.174 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BBD
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 52.61, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 62.88, 326.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.1459 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.174 327)
XYZ	xyz(33.6648, 21.8496, 50.5784)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BBD #5CBD5B

analogous

#8B5BBD #BC5BBD #BD5B8D

triadic

#BC5BBD #BDBC5B #5BBDBC

tetradic

#BC5BBD #BD8B5B #5CBD5B #5B8DBD

square

#BC5BBD #BD8B5B #5CBD5B #5B8DBD

split-complementary

#BC5BBD #8DBD5B #5BBD8B

monochromatic

#702D70 #9B3F9C #BC5BBD #CE87CF #E0B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC5BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BC5BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BBD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BBD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.174 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed1',
    500: '#bc5bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bbd;
$custom-light: #d28ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.388,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6242,
    "c": 0.17392,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.21848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BBD

secondary

#A6CFA5

accent

#D25557

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BBD

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

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