#BC59DF#BC59DF

#BC59DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.209 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59DF
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 223)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 60.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 60.06, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 79.21, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1511 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.209 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6287, 23.1652, 72.2869)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59DF #7CDF59

analogous

#7959DF #BC59DF #DF59BF

triadic

#BC59DF #DFBC59 #59DFBC

tetradic

#BC59DF #DF7959 #7CDF59 #59BFDF

square

#BC59DF #DF7959 #7CDF59 #59BFDF

split-complementary

#BC59DF #BFDF59 #59DF79

monochromatic

#7D1F9F #A629D2 #BC59DF #D18CE9 #E5C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC59DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BC59DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59DF

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59DF	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A87DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.209 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de9',
    500: '#bc59df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59df;
$custom-light: #d38de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.328,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63987,
    "c": 0.20911,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59DF

secondary

#BEE3B1

accent

#D01646

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59DF

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

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