#BC55D8#BC55D8

#BC55D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.208 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55D8
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 60.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 60.52, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 78.10, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1558 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.208 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3805, 22.1477, 67.3110)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55D8 #71D855

analogous

#7B55D8 #BC55D8 #D855B2

triadic

#BC55D8 #D8BC55 #55D8BC

tetradic

#BC55D8 #D87B55 #71D855 #55B2D8

square

#BC55D8 #D87B55 #71D855 #55B2D8

split-complementary

#BC55D8 #B2D855 #55D87B

monochromatic

#792191 #A32DC3 #BC55D8 #D087E3 #E3B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC55D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BC55D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55D8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55D8	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.208 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be4',
    500: '#bc55d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55d8;
$custom-light: #d38be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.176,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63094,
    "c": 0.20806,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55D8

secondary

#B6DEAB

accent

#E64265

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55D8

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

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