#BC59B3#BC59B3

#BC59B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.168 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59B3
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 51.82, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 59.84, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1471 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.168 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4479, 21.0929, 45.0013)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59B3 #59BC62

analogous

#9459BC #BC59B3 #BC5982

triadic

#BC59B3 #B3BC59 #59B3BC

tetradic

#BC59B3 #BC9459 #59BC62 #5982BC

square

#BC59B3 #BC9459 #59BC62 #5982BC

split-complementary

#BC59B3 #82BC59 #59BC94

monochromatic

#6E2C68 #9A3E91 #BC59B3 #CE85C7 #DFB0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC59B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC59B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59B3

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59B3	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.168 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cca',
    500: '#bc59b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59b3;
$custom-light: #d28cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6167,
    "c": 0.16829,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59B3

secondary

#A3CDA7

accent

#D26156

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59B3

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

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