#BC5BCD#BC5BCD

#BC5BCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.189 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BCD
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 55.59, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 69.91, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1477 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.189 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4983, 22.5830, 60.2349)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BCD #6CCD5B

analogous

#835BCD #BC5BCD #CD5BA5

triadic

#BC5BCD #CDBC5B #5BCDBC

tetradic

#BC5BCD #CD835B #6CCD5B #5BA5CD

square

#BC5BCD #CD835B #6CCD5B #5BA5CD

split-complementary

#BC5BCD #A5CD5B #5BCD83

monochromatic

#772985 #A137B4 #BC5BCD #CF8ADB #E2B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BC5BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BC5BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BCD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BCD	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.189 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38edd',
    500: '#bc5bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bcd;
$custom-light: #d38edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.053,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.18882,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BCD

secondary

#B2D9AB

accent

#DD4B61

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BCD

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

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