#BC51E8#BC51E8

#BC51E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.229 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51E8
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 65.46, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 87.44, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1602 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.229 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2446, 22.4037, 78.6380)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51E8 #7DE851

analogous

#7151E8 #BC51E8 #E851C8

triadic

#BC51E8 #E8BC51 #51E8BC

tetradic

#BC51E8 #E87151 #7DE851 #51C8E8

square

#BC51E8 #E87151 #7DE851 #51C8E8

split-complementary

#BC51E8 #C8E851 #51E871

monochromatic

#7E16A8 #A61DDE #BC51E8 #D187EF #E6BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BC51E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BC51E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51E8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51E8	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.229 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489f0',
    500: '#bc51e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51e8;
$custom-light: #d489f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.517,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63582,
    "c": 0.22856,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51E8

secondary

#BFE7AE

accent

#D90D48

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51E8

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

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