#BC51DC#BC51DC

#BC51DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.217 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51DC
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 63.09, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 81.96, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.1606 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.217 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5979, 21.7450, 69.9657)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51DC #71DC51

analogous

#7751DC #BC51DC #DC51B7

triadic

#BC51DC #DCBC51 #51DCBC

tetradic

#BC51DC #DC7751 #71DC51 #51B7DC

square

#BC51DC #DC7751 #71DC51 #51B7DC

split-complementary

#BC51DC #B7DC51 #51DC77

monochromatic

#791E95 #A328C8 #BC51DC #D084E6 #E3B7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BC51DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BC51DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51DC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51DC	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.217 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488e7',
    500: '#bc51dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51dc;
$custom-light: #d488e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.187,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62855,
    "c": 0.21732,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51DC

secondary

#B6E0A9

accent

#E93E66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51DC

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

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