#BC56DB#BC56DB

#BC56DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.209 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56DB
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 60.65, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 78.95, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1547 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.21 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8512, 22.4629, 69.3987)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56DB #75DB56

analogous

#7A56DB #BC56DB #DB56B8

triadic

#BC56DB #DBBC56 #56DBBC

tetradic

#BC56DB #DB7A56 #75DB56 #56B8DB

square

#BC56DB #DB7A56 #75DB56 #56B8DB

split-complementary

#BC56DB #B8DB56 #56DB7A

monochromatic

#7B2097 #A42BC9 #BC56DB #D088E6 #E4BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BC56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56DB

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56DB	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.209 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be7',
    500: '#bc56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56db;
$custom-light: #d38be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.015,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63387,
    "c": 0.2095,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56DB

secondary

#B9E0AD

accent

#E84067

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56DB

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

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