#BC59D8#BC59D8

#BC59D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.202 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59D8
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 58.67, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 75.99, 320.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1509 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.202 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7044, 22.7955, 67.4190)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59D8 #75D859

analogous

#7D59D8 #BC59D8 #D859B4

triadic

#BC59D8 #D8BC59 #59D8BC

tetradic

#BC59D8 #D87D59 #75D859 #59B4D8

square

#BC59D8 #D87D59 #75D859 #59B4D8

split-complementary

#BC59D8 #B4D859 #59D87D

monochromatic

#7B2394 #A42EC5 #BC59D8 #D08BE4 #E4BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC59D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC59D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59D8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59D8	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F87D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.202 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de4',
    500: '#bc59d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59d8;
$custom-light: #d38de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.772,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63587,
    "c": 0.20234,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59D8

secondary

#B9DFAE

accent

#E54367

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59D8

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

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