#BC5EC1#BC5EC1

#BC5EC1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.173 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5EC1
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 193)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(297, 51%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 51.3%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 51.88, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 62.91, 325.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1424 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.173 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3666, 22.5488, 52.9839)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5EC1 #63C15E

analogous

#8B5EC1 #BC5EC1 #C15E95

triadic

#BC5EC1 #C1BC5E #5EC1BC

tetradic

#BC5EC1 #C18B5E #63C15E #5E95C1

square

#BC5EC1 #C18B5E #63C15E #5E95C1

split-complementary

#BC5EC1 #95C15E #5EC18B

monochromatic

#732E77 #9E3FA3 #BC5EC1 #CE8AD2 #E1B6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BC5EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BC5EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5EC1

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5EC1	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F87BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.173 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fd4',
    500: '#bc5ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5ec1;
$custom-light: #d28fd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.97,
    "s": 44.395,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63024,
    "c": 0.17281,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5EC1

secondary

#ABD2A9

accent

#D4545A

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5EC1

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

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