#BC55E1#BC55E1

#BC55E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.217 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E1
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 62.29, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 82.22, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1559 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.217 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.5761, 22.6260, 73.6074)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E1 #7AE155

analogous

#7655E1 #BC55E1 #E155C0

triadic

#BC55E1 #E1BC55 #55E1BC

tetradic

#BC55E1 #E17655 #7AE155 #55C0E1

square

#BC55E1 #E17655 #7AE155 #55C0E1

split-complementary

#BC55E1 #C0E155 #55E176

monochromatic

#7D1C9F #A525D3 #BC55E1 #D189EA #E5BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BC55E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BC55E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E1

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E1	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5586DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.217 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48beb',
    500: '#bc55e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e1;
$custom-light: #d48beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63619,
    "c": 0.21661,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.22625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E1

secondary

#BCE3AE

accent

#D21446

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E1

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

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