#BC5DAD#BC5DAD

#BC5DAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.157 H 333.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5DAD
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 48.83, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 55.17, 332.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.1403 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.157 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1962, 21.5393, 41.9888)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5DAD #5DBC6C

analogous

#9C5DBC #BC5DAD #BC5D7D

triadic

#BC5DAD #ADBC5D #5DADBC

tetradic

#BC5DAD #BC9C5D #5DBC6C #5D7DBC

square

#BC5DAD #BC9C5D #5DBC6C #5D7DBC

split-complementary

#BC5DAD #7DBC5D #5DBC9C

monochromatic

#702E66 #9B408D #BC5DAD #CE88C3 #E0B4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC5DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BC5DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5DAD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5DAD	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C77B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.157 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ec5',
    500: '#bc5dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5dad;
$custom-light: #d28ec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61944,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5DAD

secondary

#A6CEAD

accent

#D16A56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5DAD

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

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