#BC59D5#BC59D5

#BC59D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.199 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59D5
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 58.09, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 74.62, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1508 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.199 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3201, 22.6417, 65.3950)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59D5 #72D559

analogous

#7E59D5 #BC59D5 #D559B0

triadic

#BC59D5 #D5BC59 #59D5BC

tetradic

#BC59D5 #D57E59 #72D559 #59B0D5

square

#BC59D5 #D57E59 #72D559 #59B0D5

split-complementary

#BC59D5 #B0D559 #59D57E

monochromatic

#7A248F #A331C0 #BC59D5 #D08AE1 #E3BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BC59D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BC59D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59D5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59D5	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6186D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.199 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de2',
    500: '#bc59d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59d5;
$custom-light: #d38de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.903,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63419,
    "c": 0.19945,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59D5

secondary

#B6DDAD

accent

#E34565

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59D5

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

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