#BC56D5#BC56D5

#BC56D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.204 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56D5
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 59.48, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 76.22, 321.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1545 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.204 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0755, 22.1526, 65.3135)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56D5 #6FD556

analogous

#7C56D5 #BC56D5 #D556AE

triadic

#BC56D5 #D5BC56 #56D5BC

tetradic

#BC56D5 #D57C56 #6FD556 #56AED5

square

#BC56D5 #D57C56 #6FD556 #56AED5

split-complementary

#BC56D5 #AED556 #56D57C

monochromatic

#79238D #A22FBE #BC56D5 #CF87E1 #E3B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC56D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BC56D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56D5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56D5	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.204 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be2',
    500: '#bc56d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56d5;
$custom-light: #d38be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.189,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63045,
    "c": 0.2038,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56D5

secondary

#B4DDAA

accent

#E34464

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56D5

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

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