#BC59B2#BC59B2

#BC59B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.167 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59B2
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 51.64, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 59.43, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.1469 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.167 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3471, 21.0526, 44.4706)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59B2 #59BC63

analogous

#9559BC #BC59B2 #BC5981

triadic

#BC59B2 #B2BC59 #59B2BC

tetradic

#BC59B2 #BC9559 #59BC63 #5981BC

square

#BC59B2 #BC9559 #59BC63 #5981BC

split-complementary

#BC59B2 #81BC59 #59BC95

monochromatic

#6E2C68 #9A3E90 #BC59B2 #CE85C6 #DFB0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC59B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC59B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59B2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59B2	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5576B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3617D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.167 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cc9',
    500: '#bc59b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59b2;
$custom-light: #d28cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.061,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61623,
    "c": 0.16743,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59B2

secondary

#A3CDA8

accent

#D26256

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59B2

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

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