#BC59AD#BC59AD

#BC59AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.163 H 333.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59AD
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(309, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 50.79, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 57.45, 332.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.146 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.163 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8542, 20.8554, 41.8748)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59AD #59BC68

analogous

#9A59BC #BC59AD #BC597C

triadic

#BC59AD #ADBC59 #59ADBC

tetradic

#BC59AD #BC9A59 #59BC68 #597CBC

square

#BC59AD #BC9A59 #59BC68 #597CBC

split-complementary

#BC59AD #7CBC59 #59BC9A

monochromatic

#6E2C64 #9A3E8C #BC59AD #CE85C3 #DFB0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC59AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC59AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59AD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59AD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5775B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.163 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cc5',
    500: '#bc59ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59ad;
$custom-light: #d28cc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.091,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61393,
    "c": 0.16323,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59AD

secondary

#A3CDAA

accent

#D26856

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59AD

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

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