#BC59BD#BC59BD

#BC59BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.177 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59BD
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 53.58, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 64.00, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1486 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.177 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4961, 21.5122, 50.5222)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59BD #5ABD59

analogous

#8A59BD #BC59BD #BD598C

triadic

#BC59BD #BDBC59 #59BDBC

tetradic

#BC59BD #BD8A59 #5ABD59 #598CBD

square

#BC59BD #BD8A59 #5ABD59 #598CBD

split-complementary

#BC59BD #8CBD59 #59BD8A

monochromatic

#6F2C6F #9A3E9B #BC59BD #CE85CE #DFB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC59BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC59BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59BD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59BD	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F78C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.177 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cd1',
    500: '#bc59bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59bd;
$custom-light: #d38cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62154,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59BD

secondary

#A4CEA4

accent

#D35556

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59BD

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

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