#BC59B7#BC59B7

#BC59B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.172 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59B7
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(303, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 52.51, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 61.48, 328.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1478 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.172 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8583, 21.2570, 47.1629)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59B7 #59BC5E

analogous

#9059BC #BC59B7 #BC5986

triadic

#BC59B7 #B7BC59 #59B7BC

tetradic

#BC59B7 #BC9059 #59BC5E #5986BC

square

#BC59B7 #BC9059 #59BC5E #5986BC

split-complementary

#BC59B7 #86BC59 #59BC90

monochromatic

#6E2C6B #9A3E95 #BC59B7 #CE85CA #DFB0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC59B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BC59B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59B7

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59B7	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5277BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.172 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ccd',
    500: '#bc59b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59b7;
$custom-light: #d28ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.03,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6186,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59B7

secondary

#A3CDA6

accent

#D25C56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59B7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →