#BC56B1#BC56B1

#BC56B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.171 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56B1
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 177)
HSL	hsl(306, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 52.91, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 60.70, 330.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.1509 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.171 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0025, 20.5234, 43.8623)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56B1 #56BC61

analogous

#9456BC #BC56B1 #BC567E

triadic

#BC56B1 #B1BC56 #56B1BC

tetradic

#BC56B1 #BC9456 #56BC61 #567EBC

square

#BC56B1 #BC9456 #56BC61 #567EBC

split-complementary

#BC56B1 #7EBC56 #56BC94

monochromatic

#6D2B65 #983C8E #BC56B1 #CD82C5 #DFAED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC56B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC56B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56B1

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56B1	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#5274B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.171 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ac8',
    500: '#bc56b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56b1;
$custom-light: #d38ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61179,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56B1

secondary

#A1CDA6

accent

#D36255

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56B1

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

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