#BC59D6#BC59D6

#BC59D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.200 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59D6
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 58.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 58.28, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 75.08, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1508 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.2 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4474, 22.6927, 66.0655)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59D6 #73D659

analogous

#7E59D6 #BC59D6 #D659B2

triadic

#BC59D6 #D6BC59 #59D6BC

tetradic

#BC59D6 #D67E59 #73D659 #59B2D6

square

#BC59D6 #D67E59 #73D659 #59B2D6

split-complementary

#BC59D6 #B2D659 #59D67E

monochromatic

#7A2491 #A430C2 #BC59D6 #D08AE2 #E4BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC59D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BC59D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59D6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59D6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.200 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de3',
    500: '#bc59d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59d6;
$custom-light: #d38de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.52,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.20041,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59D6

secondary

#B7DEAD

accent

#E44465

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59D6

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

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