#BC56B0#BC56B0

#BC56B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.171 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56B0
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 176)
HSL	hsl(307, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(307, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 52.74, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 60.30, 331.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.1507 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.171 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9032, 20.4837, 43.3393)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56B0 #56BC62

analogous

#9556BC #BC56B0 #BC567D

triadic

#BC56B0 #B0BC56 #56B0BC

tetradic

#BC56B0 #BC9556 #56BC62 #567DBC

square

#BC56B0 #BC9556 #56BC62 #567DBC

split-complementary

#BC56B0 #7DBC56 #56BC95

monochromatic

#6D2B65 #983C8E #BC56B0 #CD82C4 #DFAED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC56B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC56B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56B0

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56B0	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5374B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.171 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ac8',
    500: '#bc56b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56b0;
$custom-light: #d38ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.059,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61132,
    "c": 0.17052,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56B0

secondary

#A1CDA6

accent

#D36455

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56B0

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

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