#BC55D5#BC55D5

#BC55D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.205 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55D5
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 59.94, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 76.74, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1557 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.205 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9962, 21.9940, 65.2871)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55D5 #6ED555

analogous

#7C55D5 #BC55D5 #D555AE

triadic

#BC55D5 #D5BC55 #55D5BC

tetradic

#BC55D5 #D57C55 #6ED555 #55AED5

square

#BC55D5 #D57C55 #6ED555 #55AED5

split-complementary

#BC55D5 #AED555 #55D57C

monochromatic

#78238D #A22FBE #BC55D5 #CF86E1 #E3B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC55D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55D5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55D5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.205 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be2',
    500: '#bc55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55d5;
$custom-light: #d38be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.281,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.20523,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55D5

secondary

#B3DCA9

accent

#E44463

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55D5

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

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