#BC55E4#BC55E4

#BC55E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.219 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E4
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 62.89, -55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 83.60, 318.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1558 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.219 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9889, 22.7911, 75.7817)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E4 #7DE455

analogous

#7555E4 #BC55E4 #E455C5

triadic

#BC55E4 #E4BC55 #55E4BC

tetradic

#BC55E4 #E47555 #7DE455 #55C5E4

square

#BC55E4 #E47555 #7DE455 #55C5E4

split-complementary

#BC55E4 #C5E455 #55E475

monochromatic

#7E1AA4 #A623D9 #BC55E4 #D18AEC #E6BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.219 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bed',
    500: '#bc55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e4;
$custom-light: #d48bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.217,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63798,
    "c": 0.21948,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E4

secondary

#BFE5B0

accent

#D51148

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E4

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

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