#BC55DE#BC55DE

#BC55DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.214 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55DE
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 61.70, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 80.84, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1559 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.214 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1704, 22.4637, 71.4710)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55DE #77DE55

analogous

#7755DE #BC55DE #DE55BC

triadic

#BC55DE #DEBC55 #55DEBC

tetradic

#BC55DE #DE7755 #77DE55 #55BCDE

square

#BC55DE #DE7755 #77DE55 #55BCDE

split-complementary

#BC55DE #BCDE55 #55DE77

monochromatic

#7C1E9B #A528CE #BC55DE #D088E8 #E4BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC55DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BC55DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55DE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55DE	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5786DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.214 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be9',
    500: '#bc55de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55de;
$custom-light: #d38be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.109,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.21375,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55DE

secondary

#BAE2AD

accent

#CF1644

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55DE

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

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