#BC51E6#BC51E6

#BC51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.227 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51E6
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 65.06, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 86.52, 318.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1603 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.227 315)
XYZ	xyz(37.9621, 22.2907, 77.1504)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51E6 #7BE651

analogous

#7151E6 #BC51E6 #E651C5

triadic

#BC51E6 #E6BC51 #51E6BC

tetradic

#BC51E6 #E67151 #7BE651 #51C5E6

square

#BC51E6 #E67151 #7BE651 #51C5E6

split-complementary

#BC51E6 #C5E651 #51E671

monochromatic

#7D18A5 #A61FDA #BC51E6 #D187EE #E5BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BC51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BC51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51E6

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51E6	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.227 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489ef',
    500: '#bc51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51e6;
$custom-light: #d489ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.087,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.22668,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.22289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51E6

secondary

#BDE5AD

accent

#D70E47

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51E6

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

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