#BC5BC9#BC5BC9

#BC5BC9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.185 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BC9
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 54.83, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 68.12, 323.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1473 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.185 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0217, 22.3923, 57.7244)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BC9 #68C95B

analogous

#855BC9 #BC5BC9 #C95B9F

triadic

#BC5BC9 #C9BC5B #5BC9BC

tetradic

#BC5BC9 #C9855B #68C95B #5B9FC9

square

#BC5BC9 #C9855B #68C95B #5B9FC9

split-complementary

#BC5BC9 #9FC95B #5BC985

monochromatic

#752A80 #A039AE #BC5BC9 #CF89D8 #E2B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BC5BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BC5BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BC9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BC9	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.185 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eda',
    500: '#bc5bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bc9;
$custom-light: #d38eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.909,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63029,
    "c": 0.18503,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BC9

secondary

#AFD6AA

accent

#DA4E5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BC9

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

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