#BC51D6#BC51D6

#BC51D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.212 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51D6
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 62.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 61.93, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 79.25, 321.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1605 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.212 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8175, 21.4329, 65.8556)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51D6 #6BD651

analogous

#7A51D6 #BC51D6 #D651AD

triadic

#BC51D6 #D6BC51 #51D6BC

tetradic

#BC51D6 #D67A51 #6BD651 #51ADD6

square

#BC51D6 #D67A51 #6BD651 #51ADD6

split-complementary

#BC51D6 #ADD651 #51D67A

monochromatic

#77218C #A12DBD #BC51D6 #CF83E2 #E2B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC51D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC51D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51D6

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51D6	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C78DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.212 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e3',
    500: '#bc51d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51d6;
$custom-light: #d388e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.271,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62505,
    "c": 0.21176,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51D6

secondary

#B1DCA7

accent

#E54363

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51D6

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

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