#BC56C9#BC56C9

#BC56C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.193 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56C9
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 57.20, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 70.85, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1538 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.193 323)
XYZ	xyz(34.6084, 21.5658, 57.5867)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56C9 #63C956

analogous

#8356C9 #BC56C9 #C9569D

triadic

#BC56C9 #C9BC56 #56C9BC

tetradic

#BC56C9 #C98356 #63C956 #569DC9

square

#BC56C9 #C98356 #63C956 #569DC9

split-complementary

#BC56C9 #9DC956 #56C983

monochromatic

#73287D #9E37AB #BC56C9 #CE84D8 #E1B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC56C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BC56C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56C9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56C9	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.193 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bda',
    500: '#bc56c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56c9;
$custom-light: #d38bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.217,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.19259,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56C9

secondary

#ABD5A6

accent

#DB4D5D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56C9

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

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