#BC56D4#BC56D4

#BC56D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.203 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56D4
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 59.29, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 75.76, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1545 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.203 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9490, 22.1020, 64.6471)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56D4 #6ED456

analogous

#7D56D4 #BC56D4 #D456AD

triadic

#BC56D4 #D4BC56 #56D4BC

tetradic

#BC56D4 #D47D56 #6ED456 #56ADD4

square

#BC56D4 #D47D56 #6ED456 #56ADD4

split-complementary

#BC56D4 #ADD456 #56D47D

monochromatic

#78248C #A230BD #BC56D4 #CF87E0 #E3B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC56D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BC56D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56D4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56D4	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.203 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be2',
    500: '#bc56d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56d4;
$custom-light: #d38be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62989,
    "c": 0.20286,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56D4

secondary

#B3DCAA

accent

#E34563

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56D4

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

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