#BC5EBE#BC5EBE

#BC5EBE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.170 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5EBE
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 51.33, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 61.61, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.1419 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.17 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0354, 22.4163, 51.2393)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5EBE #60BE5E

analogous

#8C5EBE #BC5EBE #BE5E90

triadic

#BC5EBE #BEBC5E #5EBEBC

tetradic

#BC5EBE #BE8C5E #60BE5E #5E90BE

square

#BC5EBE #BE8C5E #60BE5E #5E90BE

split-complementary

#BC5EBE #90BE5E #5EBE8C

monochromatic

#722E73 #9D409F #BC5EBE #CE8AD0 #E0B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BC5EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BC5EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5EBE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5EBE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.170 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fd2',
    500: '#bc5ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ebe;
$custom-light: #d28fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.75,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62877,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5EBE

secondary

#A9D0A8

accent

#D25658

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5EBE

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

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