#BC55B5#BC55B5

#BC55B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.176 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55B5
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 54.07, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 62.86, 329.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1529 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.176 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3278, 20.5266, 45.9664)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55B5 #55BC5C

analogous

#8F55BC #BC55B5 #BC5581

triadic

#BC55B5 #B5BC55 #55B5BC

tetradic

#BC55B5 #BC8F55 #55BC5C #5581BC

square

#BC55B5 #BC8F55 #55BC5C #5581BC

split-complementary

#BC55B5 #81BC55 #55BC8F

monochromatic

#6C2B68 #983C92 #BC55B5 #CD81C8 #DFADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC55B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC55B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55B5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55B5	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#4F74B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.176 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38acb',
    500: '#bc55b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55b5;
$custom-light: #d38acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.078,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6124,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55B5

secondary

#A0CCA3

accent

#D35D55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55B5

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

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