#BC59BC#BC59BC

#BC59BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59BC
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(300, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 53.40, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 63.57, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1485 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.176 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3880, 21.4689, 49.9525)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59BC #59BC59

analogous

#8B59BC #BC59BC #BC598B

triadic

#BC59BC #BCBC59 #59BCBC

tetradic

#BC59BC #BC8B59 #59BC59 #598BBC

square

#BC59BC #BC8B59 #59BC59 #598BBC

split-complementary

#BC59BC #8BBC59 #59BC8B

monochromatic

#6E2C6E #9A3E9A #BC59BC #CE85CE #DFB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC59BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC59BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59BC

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59BC	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F77BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cd0',
    500: '#bc59bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59bc;
$custom-light: #d28cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.17617,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59BC

secondary

#A3CDA3

accent

#D25656

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59BC

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

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