#BC56D6#BC56D6

#BC56D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.205 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56D6
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 59.67, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 76.67, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1545 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.205 319)
XYZ	xyz(36.2028, 22.2035, 65.9840)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56D6 #70D656

analogous

#7C56D6 #BC56D6 #D656B0

triadic

#BC56D6 #D6BC56 #56D6BC

tetradic

#BC56D6 #D67C56 #70D656 #56B0D6

square

#BC56D6 #D67C56 #70D656 #56B0D6

split-complementary

#BC56D6 #B0D656 #56D67C

monochromatic

#79238F #A32FC0 #BC56D6 #D087E2 #E3B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BC56D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BC56D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56D6

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56D6	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.205 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be3',
    500: '#bc56d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56d6;
$custom-light: #d38be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.813,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63101,
    "c": 0.20475,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.22202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56D6

secondary

#B5DDAB

accent

#E44464

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56D6

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

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