#BC56D7#BC56D7

#BC56D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.206 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56D7
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 60%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 59.87, -48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 77.12, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1546 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.206 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3309, 22.2548, 66.6587)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56D7 #71D756

analogous

#7C56D7 #BC56D7 #D756B2

triadic

#BC56D7 #D7BC56 #56D7BC

tetradic

#BC56D7 #D77C56 #71D756 #56B2D7

square

#BC56D7 #D77C56 #71D756 #56B2D7

split-complementary

#BC56D7 #B2D756 #56D77C

monochromatic

#792290 #A32EC2 #BC56D7 #D087E3 #E3B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BC56D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BC56D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56D7

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56D7	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.206 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be4',
    500: '#bc56d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56d7;
$custom-light: #d38be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63158,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56D7

secondary

#B6DEAB

accent

#E54365

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56D7

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

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