#BC55E3#BC55E3

#BC55E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.219 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E3
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 62.69, -54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 83.14, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1558 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.219 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8505, 22.7357, 75.0528)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E3 #7CE355

analogous

#7555E3 #BC55E3 #E355C3

triadic

#BC55E3 #E3BC55 #55E3BC

tetradic

#BC55E3 #E37555 #7CE355 #55C3E3

square

#BC55E3 #E37555 #7CE355 #55C3E3

split-complementary

#BC55E3 #C3E355 #55E375

monochromatic

#7D1BA3 #A623D7 #BC55E3 #D18AEC #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BC55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E3	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.219 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bec',
    500: '#bc55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e3;
$custom-light: #d48bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.521,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.21853,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E3

secondary

#BEE5AF

accent

#D41247

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E3

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

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