#BC55E8#BC55E8

#BC55E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.223 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E8
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 63.70, -56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 85.44, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1558 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.223 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5506, 23.0158, 78.7400)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E8 #81E855

analogous

#7355E8 #BC55E8 #E855CA

triadic

#BC55E8 #E8BC55 #55E8BC

tetradic

#BC55E8 #E87355 #81E855 #55CAE8

square

#BC55E8 #E87355 #81E855 #55CAE8

split-complementary

#BC55E8 #CAE855 #55E873

monochromatic

#7F17AB #A71FE1 #BC55E8 #D18BEF #E6C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.223 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bf0',
    500: '#bc55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e8;
$custom-light: #d48bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.041,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64041,
    "c": 0.22333,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E8

secondary

#C2E7B1

accent

#D80D4A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E8

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

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