#BC55D9#BC55D9

#BC55D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.209 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55D9
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 60.71, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 78.56, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1558 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.209 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5102, 22.1996, 67.9940)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55D9 #72D955

analogous

#7A55D9 #BC55D9 #D955B4

triadic

#BC55D9 #D9BC55 #55D9BC

tetradic

#BC55D9 #D97A55 #72D955 #55B4D9

square

#BC55D9 #D97A55 #72D955 #55B4D9

split-complementary

#BC55D9 #B4D955 #55D97A

monochromatic

#7A2193 #A32CC5 #BC55D9 #D087E4 #E3B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BC55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BC55D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55D9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55D9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.209 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be5',
    500: '#bc55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55d9;
$custom-light: #d38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63151,
    "c": 0.209,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55D9

secondary

#B6DFAB

accent

#E64166

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55D9

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

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