#BC55B3#BC55B3

#BC55B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.175 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55B3
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 53.73, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 62.05, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1526 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.175 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1240, 20.4451, 44.8934)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55B3 #55BC5E

analogous

#9155BC #BC55B3 #BC557F

triadic

#BC55B3 #B3BC55 #55B3BC

tetradic

#BC55B3 #BC9155 #55BC5E #557FBC

square

#BC55B3 #BC9155 #55BC5E #557FBC

split-complementary

#BC55B3 #7FBC55 #55BC91

monochromatic

#6C2B66 #983C90 #BC55B3 #CD81C7 #DFADDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC55B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BC55B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55B3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55B3	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.175 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aca',
    500: '#bc55b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55b3;
$custom-light: #d38aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.243,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61144,
    "c": 0.1746,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55B3

secondary

#A0CCA4

accent

#D36055

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55B3

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

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