#BC55EE#BC55EE

#BC55EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.229 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55EE
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 64.92, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 88.23, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1555 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.229 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4174, 23.3625, 83.3053)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55EE #87EE55

analogous

#6F55EE #BC55EE #EE55D3

triadic

#BC55EE #EEBC55 #55EEBC

tetradic

#BC55EE #EE6F55 #87EE55 #55D3EE

square

#BC55EE #EE6F55 #87EE55 #55D3EE

split-complementary

#BC55EE #D3EE55 #55EE6F

monochromatic

#8112B6 #A61DE8 #BC55EE #D28DF4 #E8C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BC55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55EE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55EE	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.229 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bf4',
    500: '#bc55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55ee;
$custom-light: #d48bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.392,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64411,
    "c": 0.2291,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55EE

secondary

#C6EBB4

accent

#DE074E

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55EE

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

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