#BC59E0#BC59E0

#BC59E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.210 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E0
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 224)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 60.26, -52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 79.67, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1511 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.21 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.7639, 23.2193, 72.9991)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E0 #7DE059

analogous

#7959E0 #BC59E0 #E059C1

triadic

#BC59E0 #E0BC59 #59E0BC

tetradic

#BC59E0 #E07959 #7DE059 #59C1E0

square

#BC59E0 #E07959 #7DE059 #59C1E0

split-complementary

#BC59E0 #C1E059 #59E079

monochromatic

#7E1EA1 #A628D4 #BC59E0 #D18DEA #E6C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BC59E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BC59E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E0

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E0	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5987DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.210 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dea',
    500: '#bc59e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e0;
$custom-light: #d38dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64045,
    "c": 0.21009,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.23218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E0

secondary

#BFE4B1

accent

#D01547

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E0

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

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