#BC5CB3#BC5CB3

#BC5CB3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.163 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CB3
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(306, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 50.35, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 58.14, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1429 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.163 331)
XYZ	xyz(32.7026, 21.6024, 45.0863)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CB3 #5CBC65

analogous

#955CBC #BC5CB3 #BC5C83

triadic

#BC5CB3 #B3BC5C #5CB3BC

tetradic

#BC5CB3 #BC955C #5CBC65 #5C83BC

square

#BC5CB3 #BC955C #5CBC65 #5C83BC

split-complementary

#BC5CB3 #83BC5C #5CBC95

monochromatic

#702E6A #9B4093 #BC5CB3 #CE87C7 #E0B3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC5CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BC5CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CB3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CB3	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5878B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.163 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28eca',
    500: '#bc5cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cb3;
$custom-light: #d28eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.625,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CB3

secondary

#A6CEA9

accent

#D26256

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CB3

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

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