#BC55E2#BC55E2

#BC55E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.218 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E2
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 62.49, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 82.68, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1559 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.218 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7129, 22.6807, 74.3280)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E2 #7BE255

analogous

#7555E2 #BC55E2 #E255C1

triadic

#BC55E2 #E2BC55 #55E2BC

tetradic

#BC55E2 #E27555 #7BE255 #55C1E2

square

#BC55E2 #E27555 #7BE255 #55C1E2

split-complementary

#BC55E2 #C1E255 #55E275

monochromatic

#7D1BA1 #A624D5 #BC55E2 #D189EB #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BC55E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E2	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.218 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bec',
    500: '#bc55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e2;
$custom-light: #d48bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.83,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63679,
    "c": 0.21757,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E2

secondary

#BDE4AF

accent

#D31346

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E2

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

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