#BC55B2#BC55B2

#BC55B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.174 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55B2
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 53.56, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 61.65, 330.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1524 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.174 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0233, 20.4048, 44.3627)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55B2 #55BC5F

analogous

#9255BC #BC55B2 #BC557E

triadic

#BC55B2 #B2BC55 #55B2BC

tetradic

#BC55B2 #BC9255 #55BC5F #557EBC

square

#BC55B2 #BC9255 #55BC5F #557EBC

split-complementary

#BC55B2 #7EBC55 #55BC92

monochromatic

#6C2B66 #983C8F #BC55B2 #CD81C6 #DFADDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC55B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55B2

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55B2	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.174 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ac9',
    500: '#bc55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55b2;
$custom-light: #d38ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.825,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61096,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55B2

secondary

#A0CCA5

accent

#D36155

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55B2

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

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