#BC59D9#BC59D9

#BC59D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.203 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59D9
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 58.87, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 76.45, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.151 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.203 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8341, 22.8473, 68.1019)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59D9 #76D959

analogous

#7C59D9 #BC59D9 #D959B6

triadic

#BC59D9 #D9BC59 #59D9BC

tetradic

#BC59D9 #D97C59 #76D959 #59B6D9

square

#BC59D9 #D97C59 #76D959 #59B6D9

split-complementary

#BC59D9 #B6D959 #59D97C

monochromatic

#7B2295 #A42EC7 #BC59D9 #D08BE4 #E4BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BC59D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BC59D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59D9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59D9	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E87D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.203 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de5',
    500: '#bc59d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59d9;
$custom-light: #d38de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.406,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63643,
    "c": 0.2033,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59D9

secondary

#B9E0AE

accent

#E64267

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59D9

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

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