#BC55DF#BC55DF

#BC55DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.215 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55DF
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 223)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 61.89, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 81.30, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1559 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.215 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3048, 22.5175, 72.1790)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55DF #78DF55

analogous

#7755DF #BC55DF #DF55BD

triadic

#BC55DF #DFBC55 #55DFBC

tetradic

#BC55DF #DF7755 #78DF55 #55BDDF

square

#BC55DF #DF7755 #78DF55 #55BDDF

split-complementary

#BC55DF #BDDF55 #55DF77

monochromatic

#7C1D9C #A527D0 #BC55DF #D089E9 #E5BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC55DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BC55DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55DF

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55DF	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5786DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.215 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bea',
    500: '#bc55df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55df;
$custom-light: #d38bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.783,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.2147,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55DF

secondary

#BBE2AE

accent

#D01545

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55DF

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

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