#BC59E8#BC59E8

#BC59E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.218 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E8
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 61.88, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 83.39, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1511 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.218 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8745, 23.6635, 78.8480)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E8 #85E859

analogous

#7459E8 #BC59E8 #E859CD

triadic

#BC59E8 #E8BC59 #59E8BC

tetradic

#BC59E8 #E87459 #85E859 #59CDE8

square

#BC59E8 #E87459 #85E859 #59CDE8

split-complementary

#BC59E8 #CDE859 #59E874

monochromatic

#8018AE #A623E1 #BC59E8 #D28FEF #E7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC59E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BC59E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E8	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2380EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.218 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48df0',
    500: '#bc59e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e8;
$custom-light: #d48df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64518,
    "c": 0.21791,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E8

secondary

#C4E8B5

accent

#D80E4C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E8

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

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