#BC56C6#BC56C6

#BC56C6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.190 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56C6
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 198)
HSL	hsl(295, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 56.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 56.64, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 69.53, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1536 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.19 324)
XYZ	xyz(34.2590, 21.4260, 55.7462)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56C6 #60C656

analogous

#8456C6 #BC56C6 #C65698

triadic

#BC56C6 #C6BC56 #56C6BC

tetradic

#BC56C6 #C68456 #60C656 #5698C6

square

#BC56C6 #C68456 #60C656 #5698C6

split-complementary

#BC56C6 #98C656 #56C684

monochromatic

#722979 #9D38A7 #BC56C6 #CE84D5 #E0B2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC56C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC56C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56C6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56C6	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4578CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.190 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bd8',
    500: '#bc56c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56c6;
$custom-light: #d38bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.643,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.18984,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.21424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56C6

secondary

#A9D3A5

accent

#D94F5B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56C6

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

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