#BC5BDB#BC5BDB

#BC5BDB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.202 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BDB
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 58.32, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 76.29, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1486 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.202 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2645, 23.2894, 69.5365)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BDB #7ADB5B

analogous

#7C5BDB #BC5BDB #DB5BBA

triadic

#BC5BDB #DBBC5B #5BDBBC

tetradic

#BC5BDB #DB7C5B #7ADB5B #5BBADB

square

#BC5BDB #DB7C5B #7ADB5B #5BBADB

split-complementary

#BC5BDB #BADB5B #5BDB7C

monochromatic

#7D229A #A52DCC #BC5BDB #D18DE6 #E5BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC5BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BC5BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BDB

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BDB	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F88D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.202 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee7',
    500: '#bc5bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5bdb;
$custom-light: #d38ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.469,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64009,
    "c": 0.20234,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BDB

secondary

#BCE1B1

accent

#CC1A45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BDB

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

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