#BC5CBE#BC5CBE

#BC5CBE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.173 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5CBE
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 51.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 52.31, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 62.74, 326.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1447 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.173 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8598, 22.0652, 51.1807)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5CBE #5EBE5C

analogous

#8B5CBE #BC5CBE #BE5C8F

triadic

#BC5CBE #BEBC5C #5CBEBC

tetradic

#BC5CBE #BE8B5C #5EBE5C #5C8FBE

square

#BC5CBE #BE8B5C #5EBE5C #5C8FBE

split-complementary

#BC5CBE #8FBE5C #5CBE8B

monochromatic

#712E72 #9C3F9E #BC5CBE #CE88CF #E0B4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BC5CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BC5CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5CBE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5CBE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.173 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed2',
    500: '#bc5cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5cbe;
$custom-light: #d28ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5CBE

secondary

#A7CFA6

accent

#D35558

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5CBE

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

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