#BC55E5#BC55E5

#BC55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.220 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E5
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 63.09, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 84.06, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1558 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.22 315)
XYZ	xyz(38.1281, 22.8468, 76.5150)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E5 #7EE555

analogous

#7455E5 #BC55E5 #E555C6

triadic

#BC55E5 #E5BC55 #55E5BC

tetradic

#BC55E5 #E57455 #7EE555 #55C6E5

square

#BC55E5 #E57455 #7EE555 #55C6E5

split-complementary

#BC55E5 #C6E555 #55E574

monochromatic

#7E19A6 #A622DB #BC55E5 #D18AED #E6BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BC55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BC55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.220 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bee',
    500: '#bc55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e5;
$custom-light: #d48bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63859,
    "c": 0.22044,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.22846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E5

secondary

#BFE6B0

accent

#D61048

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E5

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

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