#BC59E1#BC59E1

#BC59E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.211 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E1
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 60.46, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 80.14, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1511 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.211 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8999, 23.2737, 73.7154)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E1 #7EE159

analogous

#7859E1 #BC59E1 #E159C2

triadic

#BC59E1 #E1BC59 #59E1BC

tetradic

#BC59E1 #E17859 #7EE159 #59C2E1

square

#BC59E1 #E17859 #7EE159 #59C2E1

split-complementary

#BC59E1 #C2E159 #59E178

monochromatic

#7E1DA2 #A627D6 #BC59E1 #D18DEA #E6C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC59E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BC59E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E1	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5987DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.211 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38deb',
    500: '#bc59e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e1;
$custom-light: #d38deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.676,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64104,
    "c": 0.21106,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E1

secondary

#BFE4B2

accent

#D11448

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E1

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

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