#BC56AE#BC56AE

#BC56AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.169 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56AE
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(308, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 52.41, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 59.51, 331.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1504 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.169 333)
XYZ	xyz(31.7068, 20.4051, 42.3048)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56AE #56BC64

analogous

#9756BC #BC56AE #BC567B

triadic

#BC56AE #AEBC56 #56AEBC

tetradic

#BC56AE #BC9756 #56BC64 #567BBC

square

#BC56AE #BC9756 #56BC64 #567BBC

split-complementary

#BC56AE #7BBC56 #56BC97

monochromatic

#6D2B64 #983C8C #BC56AE #CD82C3 #DFAED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC56AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC56AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56AE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56AE	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5473B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.169 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ac6',
    500: '#bc56ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56ae;
$custom-light: #d38ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61039,
    "c": 0.16885,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.20403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56AE

secondary

#A1CDA7

accent

#D36655

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56AE

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

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