#BC55DB#BC55DB

#BC55DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.211 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55DB
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 61.10, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 79.47, 320.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1559 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.211 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7719, 22.3043, 69.3723)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55DB #74DB55

analogous

#7955DB #BC55DB #DB55B7

triadic

#BC55DB #DBBC55 #55DBBC

tetradic

#BC55DB #DB7955 #74DB55 #55B7DB

square

#BC55DB #DB7955 #74DB55 #55B7DB

split-complementary

#BC55DB #B7DB55 #55DB79

monochromatic

#7B2096 #A42AC8 #BC55DB #D088E6 #E4BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BC55DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BC55DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55DB

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55DB	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.211 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be7',
    500: '#bc55db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55db;
$custom-light: #d38be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.119,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63267,
    "c": 0.2109,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55DB

secondary

#B8E0AC

accent

#E84067

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55DB

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

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