#BC59B4#BC59B4

#BC59B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.169 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59B4
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 51.99, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 60.24, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1473 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.169 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5494, 21.1335, 45.5359)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59B4 #59BC61

analogous

#9259BC #BC59B4 #BC5983

triadic

#BC59B4 #B4BC59 #59B4BC

tetradic

#BC59B4 #BC9259 #59BC61 #5983BC

square

#BC59B4 #BC9259 #59BC61 #5983BC

split-complementary

#BC59B4 #83BC59 #59BC92

monochromatic

#6E2C69 #9A3E92 #BC59B4 #CE85C8 #DFB0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC59B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BC59B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59B4

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59B4	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2627E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.169 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cca',
    500: '#bc59b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59b4;
$custom-light: #d28cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61717,
    "c": 0.16914,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59B4

secondary

#A3CDA7

accent

#D26056

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59B4

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

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