#BC55F5#BC55F5

#BC55F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.236 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC55F5
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 245)
HSL	hsl(279, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 65.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 66.36, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 91.48, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1551 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.236 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4659, 23.7819, 88.8272)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC55F5 #8EF555

analogous

#6C55F5 #BC55F5 #F555DE

triadic

#BC55F5 #F5BC55 #55F5BC

tetradic

#BC55F5 #F56C55 #8EF555 #55DEF5

square

#BC55F5 #F56C55 #8EF555 #55DEF5

split-complementary

#BC55F5 #DEF555 #55F56C

monochromatic

#820CC4 #A51BF2 #BC55F5 #D38FF8 #EAC9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC55F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC55F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC55F5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC55F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC55F5	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4288F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5769E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc55f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.236 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bf9',
    500: '#bc55f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc55f5;
$custom-light: #d48bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc55f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.625,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64852,
    "c": 0.23586,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC55F5

secondary

#CBEEB7

accent

#E60052

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC55F5

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

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