#BC56D9#BC56D9

#BC56D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.208 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56D9
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 60.26, -49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 78.04, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1546 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.208 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5895, 22.3582, 68.0204)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56D9 #73D956

analogous

#7B56D9 #BC56D9 #D956B4

triadic

#BC56D9 #D9BC56 #56D9BC

tetradic

#BC56D9 #D97B56 #73D956 #56B4D9

square

#BC56D9 #D97B56 #73D956 #56B4D9

split-complementary

#BC56D9 #B4D956 #56D97B

monochromatic

#7A2193 #A42CC5 #BC56D9 #D088E4 #E4BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BC56D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BC56D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56D9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56D9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.208 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be5',
    500: '#bc56d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56d9;
$custom-light: #d38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.718,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63272,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56D9

secondary

#B7DFAC

accent

#E64166

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56D9

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

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