#BC51EB#BC51EB

#BC51EB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.231 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC51EB
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 235)
HSL	hsl(282, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 65.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 66.06, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 88.81, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1601 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.231 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6743, 22.5756, 80.9014)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC51EB #80EB51

analogous

#6F51EB #BC51EB #EB51CD

triadic

#BC51EB #EBBC51 #51EBBC

tetradic

#BC51EB #EB6F51 #80EB51 #51CDEB

square

#BC51EB #EB6F51 #80EB51 #51CDEB

split-complementary

#BC51EB #CDEB51 #51EB6F

monochromatic

#7F14AE #A71AE5 #BC51EB #D188F1 #E6BFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BC51EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BC51EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC51EB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC51EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC51EB	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc51eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.231 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489f2',
    500: '#bc51eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc51eb;
$custom-light: #d489f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc51eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.688,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63769,
    "c": 0.23139,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC51EB

secondary

#C1E8B0

accent

#DC0A4A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC51EB

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

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