#BC59BE#BC59BE

#BC59BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.178 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59BE
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 53.76, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 64.43, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1488 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.178 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6051, 21.5557, 51.0958)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59BE #5BBE59

analogous

#8A59BE #BC59BE #BE598E

triadic

#BC59BE #BEBC59 #59BEBC

tetradic

#BC59BE #BE8A59 #5BBE59 #598EBE

square

#BC59BE #BE8A59 #5BBE59 #598EBE

split-complementary

#BC59BE #8EBE59 #59BE8A

monochromatic

#6F2C71 #9B3D9D #BC59BE #CE85CF #E0B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC59BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BC59BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59BE

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59BE	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.178 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cd2',
    500: '#bc59be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59be;
$custom-light: #d38cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.812,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62204,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59BE

secondary

#A5CFA4

accent

#D35457

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59BE

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

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