#BC5BD1#BC5BD1

#BC5BD1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.193 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD1
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 209)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 56.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 56.36, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 71.72, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.148 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.193 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9873, 22.7786, 62.8103)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD1 #70D15B

analogous

#815BD1 #BC5BD1 #D15BAB

triadic

#BC5BD1 #D1BC5B #5BD1BC

tetradic

#BC5BD1 #D1815B #70D15B #5BABD1

square

#BC5BD1 #D1815B #70D15B #5BABD1

split-complementary

#BC5BD1 #ABD15B #5BD181

monochromatic

#79278B #A334BA #BC5BD1 #D08BDE #E3BBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC5BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC5BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD1	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6587CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.193 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38edf',
    500: '#bc5bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd1;
$custom-light: #d38edf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.322,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63455,
    "c": 0.19265,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD1

secondary

#B5DBAD

accent

#DF4863

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD1

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

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