#BC56D8#BC56D8

#BC56D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.207 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56D8
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 60.06, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 77.58, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1546 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.207 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4598, 22.3063, 67.3375)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56D8 #72D856

analogous

#7B56D8 #BC56D8 #D856B3

triadic

#BC56D8 #D8BC56 #56D8BC

tetradic

#BC56D8 #D87B56 #72D856 #56B3D8

square

#BC56D8 #D87B56 #72D856 #56B3D8

split-complementary

#BC56D8 #B3D856 #56D87B

monochromatic

#7A2292 #A32DC4 #BC56D8 #D088E3 #E3B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BC56D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BC56D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56D8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56D8	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.207 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be4',
    500: '#bc56d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56d8;
$custom-light: #d38be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63215,
    "c": 0.20665,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56D8

secondary

#B6DEAB

accent

#E64265

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56D8

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

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