#BC51DF#BC51DF

#BC51DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.220 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51DF
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 223)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 63.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 63.67, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 83.32, 319.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1605 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.22 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9988, 21.9054, 72.0769)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51DF #74DF51

analogous

#7551DF #BC51DF #DF51BB

triadic

#BC51DF #DFBC51 #51DFBC

tetradic

#BC51DF #DF7551 #74DF51 #51BBDF

square

#BC51DF #DF7551 #74DF51 #51BBDF

split-complementary

#BC51DF #BBDF51 #51DF75

monochromatic

#7B1C99 #A426CD #BC51DF #D085E9 #E4B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC51DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC51DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51DF

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51DF	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.220 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489ea',
    500: '#bc51df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51df;
$custom-light: #d489ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.211,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63034,
    "c": 0.22012,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51DF

secondary

#B8E1AA

accent

#EC3C67

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51DF

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

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