#BC59C8#BC59C8

#BC59C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.187 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59C8
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 55.60, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 68.78, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1499 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.187 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7357, 22.0080, 57.0507)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59C8 #65C859

analogous

#8559C8 #BC59C8 #C8599C

triadic

#BC59C8 #C8BC59 #59C8BC

tetradic

#BC59C8 #C88559 #65C859 #599CC8

square

#BC59C8 #C88559 #65C859 #599CC8

split-complementary

#BC59C8 #9CC859 #59C885

monochromatic

#74297D #9F39AB #BC59C8 #CF87D7 #E1B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC59C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC59C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59C8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59C8	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6885C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.187 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dd9',
    500: '#bc59c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59c8;
$custom-light: #d38dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.514,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62716,
    "c": 0.18716,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59C8

secondary

#ADD5A8

accent

#DA4E5D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59C8

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

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