#BC55E6#BC55E6

#BC55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.221 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E6
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 63.29, -56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 84.52, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1558 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.221 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2681, 22.9028, 77.2524)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E6 #7FE655

analogous

#7455E6 #BC55E6 #E655C7

triadic

#BC55E6 #E6BC55 #55E6BC

tetradic

#BC55E6 #E67455 #7FE655 #55C7E6

square

#BC55E6 #E67455 #7FE655 #55C7E6

split-complementary

#BC55E6 #C7E655 #55E674

monochromatic

#7E19A8 #A721DD #BC55E6 #D18AEE #E6C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BC55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E6	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.221 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bef',
    500: '#bc55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e6;
$custom-light: #d48bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.621,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63919,
    "c": 0.2214,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E6

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D60F49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E6

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

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