#BC5CB8#BC5CB8

#BC5CB8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.168 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CB8
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 184)
HSL	hsl(303, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 51.23, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 60.20, 328.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1438 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.168 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2175, 21.8083, 47.7979)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CB8 #5CBC60

analogous

#905CBC #BC5CB8 #BC5C88

triadic

#BC5CB8 #B8BC5C #5CB8BC

tetradic

#BC5CB8 #BC905C #5CBC60 #5C88BC

square

#BC5CB8 #BC905C #5CBC60 #5C88BC

split-complementary

#BC5CB8 #88BC5C #5CBC90

monochromatic

#702E6D #9B4097 #BC5CB8 #CE87CB #E0B3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC5CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC5CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CB8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CB8	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5578BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.168 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ecd',
    500: '#bc5cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cb8;
$custom-light: #d28ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62313,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CB8

secondary

#A6CEA7

accent

#D25B56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CB8

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

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