#BC59EF#BC59EF

#BC59EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.225 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59EF
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(280, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 63.33, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 86.66, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.151 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.225 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8886, 24.0691, 84.1892)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59EF #8CEF59

analogous

#7159EF #BC59EF #EF59D7

triadic

#BC59EF #EFBC59 #59EFBC

tetradic

#BC59EF #EF7159 #8CEF59 #59D7EF

square

#BC59EF #EF7159 #8CEF59 #59D7EF

split-complementary

#BC59EF #D7EF59 #59EF71

monochromatic

#8212BC #A521EA #BC59EF #D391F4 #E9C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BC59EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BC59EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59EF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59EF	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F82F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.225 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ef5',
    500: '#bc59ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59ef;
$custom-light: #d48ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64944,
    "c": 0.22478,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59EF

secondary

#CAECB8

accent

#DF0750

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59EF

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

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