#BC5DCD#BC5DCD

#BC5DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.186 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5DCD
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 54.63, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 68.80, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1451 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.186 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6716, 22.9295, 60.2926)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5DCD #6ECD5D

analogous

#845DCD #BC5DCD #CD5DA6

triadic

#BC5DCD #CDBC5D #5DCDBC

tetradic

#BC5DCD #CD845D #6ECD5D #5DA6CD

square

#BC5DCD #CD845D #6ECD5D #5DA6CD

split-complementary

#BC5DCD #A6CD5D #5DCD84

monochromatic

#782986 #A238B5 #BC5DCD #CF8CDB #E3BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5DCD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5DCD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.186 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fdd',
    500: '#bc5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5dcd;
$custom-light: #d38fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.893,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63503,
    "c": 0.18575,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5DCD

secondary

#B3D9AD

accent

#DC4C62

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5DCD

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

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