#BC55E7#BC55E7

#BC55E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.222 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E7
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 63.49, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 84.98, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1558 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.222 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4090, 22.9591, 77.9941)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E7 #80E755

analogous

#7355E7 #BC55E7 #E755C9

triadic

#BC55E7 #E7BC55 #55E7BC

tetradic

#BC55E7 #E77355 #80E755 #55C9E7

square

#BC55E7 #E77355 #80E755 #55C9E7

split-complementary

#BC55E7 #C9E755 #55E773

monochromatic

#7F18AA #A720DF #BC55E7 #D18BEF #E6C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC55E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC55E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E7

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E7	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.222 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bef',
    500: '#bc55e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e7;
$custom-light: #d48bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.329,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6398,
    "c": 0.22236,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E7

secondary

#C1E7B1

accent

#D70E49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E7

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

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