#BC59E2#BC59E2

#BC59E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.212 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E2
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 60.66, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 80.60, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1512 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.212 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0367, 23.3284, 74.4359)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E2 #7FE259

analogous

#7859E2 #BC59E2 #E259C3

triadic

#BC59E2 #E2BC59 #59E2BC

tetradic

#BC59E2 #E27859 #7FE259 #59C3E2

square

#BC59E2 #E27859 #7FE259 #59C3E2

split-complementary

#BC59E2 #C3E259 #59E278

monochromatic

#7E1DA4 #A726D8 #BC59E2 #D18DEB #E6C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC59E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BC59E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E2

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E2	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5887DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.212 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dec',
    500: '#bc59e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e2;
$custom-light: #d38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.358,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.21204,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E2

secondary

#C0E5B2

accent

#D21348

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E2

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

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