#BC51DB#BC51DB

#BC51DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.216 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51DB
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 62.89, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 81.50, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.1606 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.216 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4659, 21.6922, 69.2703)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51DB #70DB51

analogous

#7751DB #BC51DB #DB51B5

triadic

#BC51DB #DBBC51 #51DBBC

tetradic

#BC51DB #DB7751 #70DB51 #51B5DB

square

#BC51DB #DB7751 #70DB51 #51B5DB

split-complementary

#BC51DB #B5DB51 #51DB77

monochromatic

#791E93 #A329C6 #BC51DB #D084E5 #E3B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BC51DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BC51DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51DB

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51DB	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2579DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.216 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488e7',
    500: '#bc51db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51db;
$custom-light: #d488e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62796,
    "c": 0.21639,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51DB

secondary

#B5DFA9

accent

#E93F65

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51DB

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

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