#BC55BD#BC55BD

#BC55BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.183 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55BD
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 55.48, -36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 66.19, 326.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.154 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.183 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1723, 20.8644, 50.4142)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55BD #56BD55

analogous

#8855BD #BC55BD #BD558A

triadic

#BC55BD #BDBC55 #55BDBC

tetradic

#BC55BD #BD8855 #56BD55 #558ABD

square

#BC55BD #BD8855 #56BD55 #558ABD

split-complementary

#BC55BD #8ABD55 #55BD88

monochromatic

#6D2A6D #983C99 #BC55BD #CD81CE #DFADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC55BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC55BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55BD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55BD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A75C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.183 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ad1',
    500: '#bc55bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55bd;
$custom-light: #d38ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61636,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55BD

secondary

#A1CDA1

accent

#D45455

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55BD

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

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