#BC56B3#BC56B3

#BC56B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.173 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56B3
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 53.26, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 61.50, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1512 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.173 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2033, 20.6037, 44.9198)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56B3 #56BC5F

analogous

#9256BC #BC56B3 #BC5680

triadic

#BC56B3 #B3BC56 #56B3BC

tetradic

#BC56B3 #BC9256 #56BC5F #5680BC

square

#BC56B3 #BC9256 #56BC5F #5680BC

split-complementary

#BC56B3 #80BC56 #56BC92

monochromatic

#6D2B67 #983C90 #BC56B3 #CD82C7 #DFAEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BC56B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BC56B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56B3

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56B3	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5174B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.173 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aca',
    500: '#bc56b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56b3;
$custom-light: #d38aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61274,
    "c": 0.17304,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56B3

secondary

#A1CDA5

accent

#D36055

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56B3

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

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