#BC5BD3#BC5BD3

#BC5BD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.195 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BD3
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 56.75, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 72.62, 321.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1482 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.195 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2365, 22.8782, 64.1226)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BD3 #72D35B

analogous

#805BD3 #BC5BD3 #D35BAE

triadic

#BC5BD3 #D3BC5B #5BD3BC

tetradic

#BC5BD3 #D3805B #72D35B #5BAED3

square

#BC5BD3 #D3805B #72D35B #5BAED3

split-complementary

#BC5BD3 #AED35B #5BD380

monochromatic

#7A268E #A333BE #BC5BD3 #D08BE0 #E3BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BC5BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BC5BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BD3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BD3	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6487D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.195 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee1',
    500: '#bc5bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bd3;
$custom-light: #d38ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.19457,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BD3

secondary

#B6DCAD

accent

#E14764

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BD3

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

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