#BC56B5#BC56B5

#BC56B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.175 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56B5
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 53.60, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 62.31, 329.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1515 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.175 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4070, 20.6852, 45.9928)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56B5 #56BC5D

analogous

#9056BC #BC56B5 #BC5682

triadic

#BC56B5 #B5BC56 #56B5BC

tetradic

#BC56B5 #BC9056 #56BC5D #5682BC

square

#BC56B5 #BC9056 #56BC5D #5682BC

split-complementary

#BC56B5 #82BC56 #56BC90

monochromatic

#6D2B68 #983C92 #BC56B5 #CD82C8 #DFAEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC56B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BC56B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56B5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56B5	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5075B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.175 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38acb',
    500: '#bc56b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56b5;
$custom-light: #d38acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.118,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6137,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56B5

secondary

#A1CDA4

accent

#D35D55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56B5

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

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