#BC59AE#BC59AE

#BC59AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.164 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59AE
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(308, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 50.96, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 57.84, 331.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1462 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.164 333)
XYZ	xyz(31.9513, 20.8942, 42.3863)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59AE #59BC67

analogous

#9959BC #BC59AE #BC597D

triadic

#BC59AE #AEBC59 #59AEBC

tetradic

#BC59AE #BC9959 #59BC67 #597DBC

square

#BC59AE #BC9959 #59BC67 #597DBC

split-complementary

#BC59AE #7DBC59 #59BC99

monochromatic

#6E2C65 #9A3E8D #BC59AE #CE85C3 #DFB0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC59AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BC59AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59AE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59AE	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5775B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.164 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cc6',
    500: '#bc59ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59ae;
$custom-light: #d28cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.485,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61438,
    "c": 0.16406,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.20892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59AE

secondary

#A3CDA9

accent

#D26756

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59AE

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

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