#BC51E7#BC51E7

#BC51E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.228 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51E7
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 231)
HSL	hsl(283, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 65.26, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 86.98, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1603 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.228 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1029, 22.3470, 77.8921)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51E7 #7CE751

analogous

#7151E7 #BC51E7 #E751C7

triadic

#BC51E7 #E7BC51 #51E7BC

tetradic

#BC51E7 #E77151 #7CE751 #51C7E7

square

#BC51E7 #E77151 #7CE751 #51C7E7

split-complementary

#BC51E7 #C7E751 #51E771

monochromatic

#7D17A7 #A61EDC #BC51E7 #D187EE #E5BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BC51E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BC51E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51E7

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51E7	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.228 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489ef',
    500: '#bc51e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51e7;
$custom-light: #d489ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6352,
    "c": 0.22762,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51E7

secondary

#BEE6AE

accent

#D80E48

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51E7

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

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