#BC59E9#BC59E9

#BC59E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.219 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59E9
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 62.09, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 83.85, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1511 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.219 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0169, 23.7205, 79.5982)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59E9 #86E959

analogous

#7459E9 #BC59E9 #E959CE

triadic

#BC59E9 #E9BC59 #59E9BC

tetradic

#BC59E9 #E97459 #86E959 #59CEE9

square

#BC59E9 #E97459 #86E959 #59CEE9

split-complementary

#BC59E9 #CEE959 #59E974

monochromatic

#8017B0 #A623E2 #BC59E9 #D28FF0 #E8C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC59E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BC59E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59E9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59E9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2080ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5288E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.219 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48df1',
    500: '#bc59e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59e9;
$custom-light: #d48df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.21889,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59E9

secondary

#C5E9B5

accent

#D90D4C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59E9

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

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