#BC5CAE#BC5CAE

#BC5CAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.159 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CAE
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 49.49, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 56.14, 331.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.142 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.159 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2061, 21.4037, 42.4712)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CAE #5CBC6A

analogous

#9A5CBC #BC5CAE #BC5C7E

triadic

#BC5CAE #AEBC5C #5CAEBC

tetradic

#BC5CAE #BC9A5C #5CBC6A #5C7EBC

square

#BC5CAE #BC9A5C #5CBC6A #5C7EBC

split-complementary

#BC5CAE #7EBC5C #5CBC9A

monochromatic

#702E66 #9B408E #BC5CAE #CE87C4 #E0B3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC5CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC5CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CAE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CAE	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A77B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3627D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.159 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ec6',
    500: '#bc5cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cae;
$custom-light: #d28ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.75,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61849,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CAE

secondary

#A6CEAC

accent

#D26856

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CAE

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

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