#BC59DD#BC59DD

#BC59DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.207 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59DD
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 59.66, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 78.29, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1511 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.207 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3606, 23.0580, 70.8752)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59DD #7ADD59

analogous

#7A59DD #BC59DD #DD59BC

triadic

#BC59DD #DDBC59 #59DDBC

tetradic

#BC59DD #DD7A59 #7ADD59 #59BCDD

square

#BC59DD #DD7A59 #7ADD59 #59BCDD

split-complementary

#BC59DD #BCDD59 #59DD7A

monochromatic

#7D209C #A52ACF #BC59DD #D18CE7 #E5BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BC59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59DD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59DD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.207 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de8',
    500: '#bc59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59dd;
$custom-light: #d38de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.20717,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59DD

secondary

#BCE2B0

accent

#CE1845

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59DD

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

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