#BC56B4#BC56B4

#BC56B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.174 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56B4
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 53.43, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 61.91, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1514 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.174 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3048, 20.6443, 45.4544)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56B4 #56BC5E

analogous

#9156BC #BC56B4 #BC5681

triadic

#BC56B4 #B4BC56 #56B4BC

tetradic

#BC56B4 #BC9156 #56BC5E #5681BC

square

#BC56B4 #BC9156 #56BC5E #5681BC

split-complementary

#BC56B4 #81BC56 #56BC91

monochromatic

#6D2B67 #983C91 #BC56B4 #CD82C7 #DFAEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC56B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC56B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56B4

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56B4	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.174 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aca',
    500: '#bc56b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56b4;
$custom-light: #d38aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61321,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56B4

secondary

#A1CDA5

accent

#D35F55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56B4

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

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