#BC55B4#BC55B4

#BC55B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.175 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55B4
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 53.90, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 62.45, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1527 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.175 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2255, 20.4857, 45.4280)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55B4 #55BC5D

analogous

#9055BC #BC55B4 #BC5580

triadic

#BC55B4 #B4BC55 #55B4BC

tetradic

#BC55B4 #BC9055 #55BC5D #5580BC

square

#BC55B4 #BC9055 #55BC5D #5580BC

split-complementary

#BC55B4 #80BC55 #55BC90

monochromatic

#6C2B67 #983C91 #BC55B4 #CD81C7 #DFADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC55B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC55B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55B4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55B4	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F74B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.175 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aca',
    500: '#bc55b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55b4;
$custom-light: #d38aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.66,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61192,
    "c": 0.17545,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55B4

secondary

#A0CCA4

accent

#D35E55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55B4

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

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