#BC59BB#BC59BB

#BC59BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.175 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59BB
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(301, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 53.22, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 63.15, 327.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1483 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.175 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2805, 21.4259, 49.3867)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59BB #59BC5A

analogous

#8C59BC #BC59BB #BC598A

triadic

#BC59BB #BBBC59 #59BBBC

tetradic

#BC59BB #BC8C59 #59BC5A #598ABC

square

#BC59BB #BC8C59 #59BC5A #598ABC

split-complementary

#BC59BB #8ABC59 #59BC8C

monochromatic

#6E2C6D #9A3E99 #BC59BB #CE85CD #DFB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC59BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59BB

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59BB	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5077BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.175 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cd0',
    500: '#bc59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59bb;
$custom-light: #d28cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.606,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62055,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59BB

secondary

#A3CDA4

accent

#D25756

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59BB

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

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