#BC51D8#BC51D8

#BC51D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.214 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51D8
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 62.31, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 80.15, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.1606 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.214 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0745, 21.5356, 67.2090)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51D8 #6DD851

analogous

#7951D8 #BC51D8 #D851B0

triadic

#BC51D8 #D8BC51 #51D8BC

tetradic

#BC51D8 #D87951 #6DD851 #51B0D8

square

#BC51D8 #D87951 #6DD851 #51B0D8

split-complementary

#BC51D8 #B0D851 #51D879

monochromatic

#78208F #A22BC1 #BC51D8 #CF83E3 #E3B5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC51D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BC51D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51D8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51D8	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2979DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.214 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e5',
    500: '#bc51d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51d8;
$custom-light: #d388e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62621,
    "c": 0.2136,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51D8

secondary

#B3DDA8

accent

#E64164

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51D8

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

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