#BC51D5#BC51D5

#BC51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.211 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51D5
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 61.74, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 78.80, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1605 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.211 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6902, 21.3819, 65.1850)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51D5 #6AD551

analogous

#7A51D5 #BC51D5 #D551AC

triadic

#BC51D5 #D5BC51 #51D5BC

tetradic

#BC51D5 #D57A51 #6AD551 #51ACD5

square

#BC51D5 #D57A51 #6AD551 #51ACD5

split-complementary

#BC51D5 #ACD551 #51D57A

monochromatic

#76218A #A12DBC #BC51D5 #CF82E1 #E2B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51D5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51D5	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.211 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e2',
    500: '#bc51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51d5;
$custom-light: #d388e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62447,
    "c": 0.21083,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51D5

secondary

#B0DBA6

accent

#E44462

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51D5

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

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