#BC51D3#BC51D3

#BC51D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.209 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51D3
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, 61.35, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 77.90, 321.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1605 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.209 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4379, 21.2810, 63.8564)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51D3 #68D351

analogous

#7B51D3 #BC51D3 #D351A9

triadic

#BC51D3 #D3BC51 #51D3BC

tetradic

#BC51D3 #D37B51 #68D351 #51A9D3

square

#BC51D3 #D37B51 #68D351 #51A9D3

split-complementary

#BC51D3 #A9D351 #51D37B

monochromatic

#752287 #A02FB8 #BC51D3 #CF82DF #E2B3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC51D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BC51D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51D3

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51D3	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3078D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.209 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e1',
    500: '#bc51d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51d3;
$custom-light: #d388e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.20899,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51D3

secondary

#AFDAA6

accent

#E34561

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51D3

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

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