#BC51DD#BC51DD

#BC51DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.218 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51DD
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 63.28, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 82.41, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1605 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.218 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7307, 21.7981, 70.6652)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51DD #72DD51

analogous

#7651DD #BC51DD #DD51B8

triadic

#BC51DD #DDBC51 #51DDBC

tetradic

#BC51DD #DD7651 #72DD51 #51B8DD

square

#BC51DD #DD7651 #72DD51 #51B8DD

split-complementary

#BC51DD #B8DD51 #51DD76

monochromatic

#7A1D96 #A327C9 #BC51DD #D084E7 #E3B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC51DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51DD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51DD	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.218 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489e8',
    500: '#bc51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51dd;
$custom-light: #d489e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62915,
    "c": 0.21826,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51DD

secondary

#B6E0AA

accent

#EA3E66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51DD

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

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