#BC55D6#BC55D6

#BC55D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.206 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55D6
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 60.13, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 77.19, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1558 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.206 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1236, 22.0450, 65.9576)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55D6 #6FD655

analogous

#7B55D6 #BC55D6 #D655AF

triadic

#BC55D6 #D6BC55 #55D6BC

tetradic

#BC55D6 #D67B55 #6FD655 #55AFD6

square

#BC55D6 #D67B55 #6FD655 #55AFD6

split-complementary

#BC55D6 #AFD655 #55D67B

monochromatic

#79228E #A22EC0 #BC55D6 #CF86E2 #E3B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BC55D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BC55D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55D6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55D6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.206 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be3',
    500: '#bc55d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55d6;
$custom-light: #d38be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.907,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6298,
    "c": 0.20617,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55D6

secondary

#B4DDAA

accent

#E44464

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55D6

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

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