#BC59AF#BC59AF

#BC59AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.165 H 332.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59AF
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 175)
HSL	hsl(308, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(308, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 51.13, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 58.23, 331.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1464 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.165 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0492, 20.9334, 42.9016)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59AF #59BC66

analogous

#9859BC #BC59AF #BC597E

triadic

#BC59AF #AFBC59 #59AFBC

tetradic

#BC59AF #BC9859 #59BC66 #597EBC

square

#BC59AF #BC9859 #59BC66 #597EBC

split-complementary

#BC59AF #7EBC59 #59BC98

monochromatic

#6E2C66 #9A3E8E #BC59AF #CE85C4 #DFB0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BC59AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BC59AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59AF

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59AF	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5675B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.165 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cc7',
    500: '#bc59af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59af;
$custom-light: #d28cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.879,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61484,
    "c": 0.1649,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59AF

secondary

#A3CDA9

accent

#D26656

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59AF

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

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