#BC59E5#BC59E5

#BC59E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.215 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E5
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 61.27, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 81.99, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1512 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.215 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4520, 23.4945, 76.6229)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E5 #82E559

analogous

#7659E5 #BC59E5 #E559C8

triadic

#BC59E5 #E5BC59 #59E5BC

tetradic

#BC59E5 #E57659 #82E559 #59C8E5

square

#BC59E5 #E57659 #82E559 #59C8E5

split-complementary

#BC59E5 #C8E559 #59E576

monochromatic

#7F1AA9 #A724DD #BC59E5 #D18EED #E7C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BC59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E5	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.215 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48dee',
    500: '#bc59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e5;
$custom-light: #d48dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.21497,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E5

secondary

#C2E6B3

accent

#D5104A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E5

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

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