#BC5EAE#BC5EAE

#BC5EAE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.156 H 333.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5EAE
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 48.50, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 54.99, 331.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1391 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.156 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3816, 21.7548, 42.5297)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5EAE #5EBC6C

analogous

#9B5EBC #BC5EAE #BC5E7F

triadic

#BC5EAE #AEBC5E #5EAEBC

tetradic

#BC5EAE #BC9B5E #5EBC6C #5E7FBC

square

#BC5EAE #BC9B5E #5EBC6C #5E7FBC

split-complementary

#BC5EAE #7FBC5E #5EBC9B

monochromatic

#712F67 #9C418E #BC5EAE #CE89C4 #E0B4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC5EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BC5EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5EAE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5EAE	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C78B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.156 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fc6',
    500: '#bc5eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5eae;
$custom-light: #d28fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.936,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62129,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5EAE

secondary

#A7CFAD

accent

#D16957

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5EAE

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

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