#BC55E9#BC55E9

#BC55E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.224 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55E9
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 63.90, -57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 85.91, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1557 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.224 314)
XYZ	xyz(38.6930, 23.0728, 79.4902)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55E9 #82E955

analogous

#7255E9 #BC55E9 #E955CC

triadic

#BC55E9 #E9BC55 #55E9BC

tetradic

#BC55E9 #E97255 #82E955 #55CCE9

square

#BC55E9 #E97255 #82E955 #55CCE9

split-complementary

#BC55E9 #CCE955 #55E972

monochromatic

#7F16AD #A71FE2 #BC55E9 #D18BF0 #E7C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC55E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BC55E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55E9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55E9	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E87E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.224 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bf1',
    500: '#bc55e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55e9;
$custom-light: #d48bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.757,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64102,
    "c": 0.22429,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.23072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55E9

secondary

#C2E8B2

accent

#D90C4B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55E9

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

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