#BC5CB5#BC5CB5

#BC5CB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.165 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CB5
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 50.70, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 58.96, 329.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1433 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.165 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9064, 21.6839, 46.1593)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CB5 #5CBC63

analogous

#935CBC #BC5CB5 #BC5C85

triadic

#BC5CB5 #B5BC5C #5CB5BC

tetradic

#BC5CB5 #BC935C #5CBC63 #5C85BC

square

#BC5CB5 #BC935C #5CBC63 #5C85BC

split-complementary

#BC5CB5 #85BC5C #5CBC93

monochromatic

#702E6B #9B4094 #BC5CB5 #CE87C9 #E0B3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BC5CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BC5CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CB5

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CB5	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5778B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.165 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ecb',
    500: '#bc5cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cb5;
$custom-light: #d28ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.375,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CB5

secondary

#A6CEA9

accent

#D25F56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CB5

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

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