#BC55C8#BC55C8

#BC55C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.193 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55C8
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 57.48, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 70.94, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.155 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.193 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4119, 21.3603, 56.9427)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55C8 #61C855

analogous

#8255C8 #BC55C8 #C8559A

triadic

#BC55C8 #C8BC55 #55C8BC

tetradic

#BC55C8 #C88255 #61C855 #559AC8

square

#BC55C8 #C88255 #61C855 #559AC8

split-complementary

#BC55C8 #9AC855 #55C882

monochromatic

#72287B #9D37A9 #BC55C8 #CE83D7 #E0B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC55C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC55C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55C8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55C8	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.193 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ad9',
    500: '#bc55c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55c8;
$custom-light: #d38ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62208,
    "c": 0.19316,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55C8

secondary

#AAD4A5

accent

#DB4D5C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55C8

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

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