#BC5BBE#BC5BBE

#BC5BBE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.175 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BBE
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 52.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 52.80, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 63.31, 326.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.146 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.175 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7738, 21.8931, 51.1521)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BBE #5DBE5B

analogous

#8B5BBE #BC5BBE #BE5B8E

triadic

#BC5BBE #BEBC5B #5BBEBC

tetradic

#BC5BBE #BE8B5B #5DBE5B #5B8EBE

square

#BC5BBE #BE8B5B #5DBE5B #5B8EBE

split-complementary

#BC5BBE #8EBE5B #5BBE8B

monochromatic

#702D72 #9B3E9D #BC5BBE #CE87CF #E0B3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC5BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC5BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BBE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BBE	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5079C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.175 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed2',
    500: '#bc5bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bbe;
$custom-light: #d28ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.788,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.17482,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BBE

secondary

#A6CFA6

accent

#D35557

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BBE

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

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