#BC56BE#BC56BE

#BC56BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.183 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56BE
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 54.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 55.19, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 66.07, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1528 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.183 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3605, 21.0666, 51.0143)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56BE #58BE56

analogous

#8856BE #BC56BE #BE568C

triadic

#BC56BE #BEBC56 #56BEBC

tetradic

#BC56BE #BE8856 #58BE56 #568CBE

square

#BC56BE #BE8856 #58BE56 #568CBE

split-complementary

#BC56BE #8CBE56 #56BE88

monochromatic

#6E2B6F #993C9B #BC56BE #CE82CF #DFAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC56BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC56BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56BE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56BE	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A76C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.183 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bd2',
    500: '#bc56be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56be;
$custom-light: #d38bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61814,
    "c": 0.18262,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56BE

secondary

#A3CEA2

accent

#D45456

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56BE

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

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