#BC51E5#BC51E5

#BC51E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.226 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51E5
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 64.86, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 86.06, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1603 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.226 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8221, 22.2347, 76.4129)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51E5 #7AE551

analogous

#7251E5 #BC51E5 #E551C4

triadic

#BC51E5 #E5BC51 #51E5BC

tetradic

#BC51E5 #E57251 #7AE551 #51C4E5

square

#BC51E5 #E57251 #7AE551 #51C4E5

split-complementary

#BC51E5 #C4E551 #51E572

monochromatic

#7D18A3 #A520D8 #BC51E5 #D186ED #E5BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BC51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BC51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51E5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51E5	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.226 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489ee',
    500: '#bc51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51e5;
$custom-light: #d489ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.378,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63398,
    "c": 0.22574,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51E5

secondary

#BCE5AD

accent

#D60F46

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51E5

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

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