#BC59DB#BC59DB

#BC59DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.205 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59DB
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 59.26, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 77.37, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.151 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.205 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0958, 22.9520, 69.4802)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59DB #78DB59

analogous

#7B59DB #BC59DB #DB59B9

triadic

#BC59DB #DBBC59 #59DBBC

tetradic

#BC59DB #DB7B59 #78DB59 #59B9DB

square

#BC59DB #DB7B59 #78DB59 #59B9DB

split-complementary

#BC59DB #B9DB59 #59DB7B

monochromatic

#7C2199 #A52CCB #BC59DB #D08BE6 #E5BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC59DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC59DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59DB

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59DB	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D87D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.205 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de7',
    500: '#bc59db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59db;
$custom-light: #d38de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.692,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.20524,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59DB

secondary

#BBE1AF

accent

#CC1944

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59DB

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

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