#BC59E3#BC59E3

#BC59E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.213 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E3
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 60.87, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 81.06, 318.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1512 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.213 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1743, 23.3834, 75.1607)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E3 #80E359

analogous

#7759E3 #BC59E3 #E359C5

triadic

#BC59E3 #E3BC59 #59E3BC

tetradic

#BC59E3 #E37759 #80E359 #59C5E3

square

#BC59E3 #E37759 #80E359 #59C5E3

split-complementary

#BC59E3 #C5E359 #59E377

monochromatic

#7F1CA6 #A725DA #BC59E3 #D18DEC #E6C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC59E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BC59E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E3

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E3	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.213 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dec',
    500: '#bc59e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e3;
$custom-light: #d38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64221,
    "c": 0.21302,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E3

secondary

#C1E5B2

accent

#D31249

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E3

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

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