#BC59E6#BC59E6

#BC59E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.216 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E6
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 61.47, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 82.46, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.1512 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.216 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5920, 23.5505, 77.3604)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E6 #83E659

analogous

#7659E6 #BC59E6 #E659C9

triadic

#BC59E6 #E6BC59 #59E6BC

tetradic

#BC59E6 #E67659 #83E659 #59C9E6

square

#BC59E6 #E67659 #83E659 #59C9E6

split-complementary

#BC59E6 #C9E659 #59E676

monochromatic

#801AAB #A724DE #BC59E6 #D18EEE #E7C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BC59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2680EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.216 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48dee',
    500: '#bc59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e6;
$custom-light: #d48dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.128,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64399,
    "c": 0.21595,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E6

secondary

#C3E7B4

accent

#D6104B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E6

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

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