#BC55D4#BC55D4

#BC55D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.204 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55D4
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 59.74, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 76.29, 321.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.1557 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.204 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8697, 21.9434, 64.6207)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55D4 #6DD455

analogous

#7C55D4 #BC55D4 #D455AD

triadic

#BC55D4 #D4BC55 #55D4BC

tetradic

#BC55D4 #D47C55 #6DD455 #55ADD4

square

#BC55D4 #D47C55 #6DD455 #55ADD4

split-complementary

#BC55D4 #ADD455 #55D47C

monochromatic

#78238B #A230BC #BC55D4 #CF86E0 #E3B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC55D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BC55D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55D4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55D4	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD698D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.204 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be2',
    500: '#bc55d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55d4;
$custom-light: #d38be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.661,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62866,
    "c": 0.2043,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55D4

secondary

#B3DCA9

accent

#E34563

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55D4

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

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