#BC51E9#BC51E9

#BC51E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.230 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51E9
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 65.66, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 87.89, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.1602 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.23 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3870, 22.4607, 79.3882)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51E9 #7EE951

analogous

#7051E9 #BC51E9 #E951CA

triadic

#BC51E9 #E9BC51 #51E9BC

tetradic

#BC51E9 #E97051 #7EE951 #51CAE9

square

#BC51E9 #E97051 #7EE951 #51CAE9

split-complementary

#BC51E9 #CAE951 #51E970

monochromatic

#7E16AA #A61CE0 #BC51E9 #D187F0 #E6BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC51E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BC51E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51E9

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51E9	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.230 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489f1',
    500: '#bc51e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51e9;
$custom-light: #d489f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.237,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63644,
    "c": 0.2295,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51E9

secondary

#BFE7AF

accent

#DA0C49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51E9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →