#BC51DE#BC51DE

#BC51DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.219 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51DE
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 63.48, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 82.87, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1605 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.219 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8644, 21.8516, 71.3690)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51DE #73DE51

analogous

#7651DE #BC51DE #DE51BA

triadic

#BC51DE #DEBC51 #51DEBC

tetradic

#BC51DE #DE7651 #73DE51 #51BADE

square

#BC51DE #DE7651 #73DE51 #51BADE

split-complementary

#BC51DE #BADE51 #51DE76

monochromatic

#7A1D98 #A427CB #BC51DE #D084E8 #E4B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BC51DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51DE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51DE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.219 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489e9',
    500: '#bc51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51de;
$custom-light: #d489e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62974,
    "c": 0.21918,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51DE

secondary

#B7E1AA

accent

#EB3D67

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51DE

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

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