#BC56B9#BC56B9

#BC56B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.178 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56B9
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 185)
HSL	hsl(302, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(302, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 54.30, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 63.97, 328.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1521 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.178 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8234, 20.8517, 48.1855)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56B9 #56BC59

analogous

#8C56BC #BC56B9 #BC5686

triadic

#BC56B9 #B9BC56 #56B9BC

tetradic

#BC56B9 #BC8C56 #56BC59 #5686BC

square

#BC56B9 #BC8C56 #56BC59 #5686BC

split-complementary

#BC56B9 #86BC56 #56BC8C

monochromatic

#6D2B6B #983C96 #BC56B9 #CD82CB #DFAEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC56B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC56B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56B9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56B9	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D75BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.178 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ace',
    500: '#bc56b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56b9;
$custom-light: #d38ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.765,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61565,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56B9

secondary

#A1CDA2

accent

#D35955

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56B9

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

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