#BC55BB#BC55BB

#BC55BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.181 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55BB
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(301, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 55.12, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 65.35, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1537 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.181 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9567, 20.7782, 49.2788)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55BB #55BC56

analogous

#8955BC #BC55BB #BC5587

triadic

#BC55BB #BBBC55 #55BBBC

tetradic

#BC55BB #BC8955 #55BC56 #5587BC

square

#BC55BB #BC8955 #55BC56 #5587BC

split-complementary

#BC55BB #87BC55 #55BC89

monochromatic

#6C2B6B #983C97 #BC55BB #CD81CD #DFADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BC55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BC55BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55BB

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55BB	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B75BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.181 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ad0',
    500: '#bc55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55bb;
$custom-light: #d38ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.583,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55BB

secondary

#A0CCA1

accent

#D35655

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55BB

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

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