#BC59DE#BC59DE

#BC59DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.208 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59DE
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 59.86, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 78.75, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1511 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.208 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4943, 23.1114, 71.5790)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59DE #7BDE59

analogous

#7959DE #BC59DE #DE59BD

triadic

#BC59DE #DEBC59 #59DEBC

tetradic

#BC59DE #DE7959 #7BDE59 #59BDDE

square

#BC59DE #DE7959 #7BDE59 #59BDDE

split-complementary

#BC59DE #BDDE59 #59DE79

monochromatic

#7D1F9D #A629D0 #BC59DE #D18CE8 #E5BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BC59DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59DE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59DE	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B87DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.208 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de9',
    500: '#bc59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59de;
$custom-light: #d38de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.662,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63929,
    "c": 0.20814,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59DE

secondary

#BDE2B0

accent

#CF1746

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59DE

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

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