#BC51E4#BC51E4

#BC51E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.225 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51E4
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 64.66, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 85.60, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1604 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.225 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6828, 22.1790, 75.6797)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51E4 #79E451

analogous

#7251E4 #BC51E4 #E451C3

triadic

#BC51E4 #E4BC51 #51E4BC

tetradic

#BC51E4 #E47251 #79E451 #51C3E4

square

#BC51E4 #E47251 #79E451 #51C3E4

split-complementary

#BC51E4 #C3E451 #51E472

monochromatic

#7C19A2 #A521D7 #BC51E4 #D086EC #E5BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BC51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BC51E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51E4

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51E4	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.225 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489ed',
    500: '#bc51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51e4;
$custom-light: #d489ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.673,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63336,
    "c": 0.22481,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51E4

secondary

#BCE4AC

accent

#D51046

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51E4

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

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