#BC59E4#BC59E4

#BC59E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.214 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E4
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 61.07, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 81.53, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1512 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.214 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3128, 23.4388, 75.8897)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E4 #81E459

analogous

#7759E4 #BC59E4 #E459C6

triadic

#BC59E4 #E4BC59 #59E4BC

tetradic

#BC59E4 #E47759 #81E459 #59C6E4

square

#BC59E4 #E47759 #81E459 #59C6E4

split-complementary

#BC59E4 #C6E459 #59E477

monochromatic

#7F1BA7 #A724DB #BC59E4 #D18EED #E6C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC59E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC59E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E4	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.214 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ded',
    500: '#bc59e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e4;
$custom-light: #d38ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.734,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6428,
    "c": 0.21399,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E4

secondary

#C2E6B3

accent

#D41149

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E4

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

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