#BC59C9#BC59C9

#BC59C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.188 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59C9
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 55.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, 55.79, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 69.22, 323.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.15 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.188 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8530, 22.0549, 57.6682)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59C9 #66C959

analogous

#8459C9 #BC59C9 #C9599E

triadic

#BC59C9 #C9BC59 #59C9BC

tetradic

#BC59C9 #C98459 #66C959 #599EC9

square

#BC59C9 #C98459 #66C959 #599EC9

split-complementary

#BC59C9 #9EC959 #59C984

monochromatic

#75297E #9F38AD #BC59C9 #CF87D8 #E1B5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BC59C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BC59C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59C9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59C9	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6885C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.188 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dda',
    500: '#bc59c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59c9;
$custom-light: #d38dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.18809,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59C9

secondary

#ADD6A8

accent

#DA4D5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59C9

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

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