#BC51D2#BC51D2

#BC51D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.208 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51D2
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 210)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 61.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 61.17, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 77.45, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1605 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.208 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3129, 21.2310, 63.1982)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51D2 #67D251

analogous

#7B51D2 #BC51D2 #D251A8

triadic

#BC51D2 #D2BC51 #51D2BC

tetradic

#BC51D2 #D27B51 #67D251 #51A8D2

square

#BC51D2 #D27B51 #67D251 #51A8D2

split-complementary

#BC51D2 #A8D251 #51D27B

monochromatic

#752386 #9F2FB7 #BC51D2 #CF82DF #E1B2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC51D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BC51D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51D2

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51D2	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3178D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD668A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.208 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e0',
    500: '#bc51d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51d2;
$custom-light: #d388e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.767,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62276,
    "c": 0.20808,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51D2

secondary

#AEDAA5

accent

#E24660

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51D2

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

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