#BC56DF#BC56DF

#BC56DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.213 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56DF
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 61.44, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 80.78, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1547 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.213 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3841, 22.6760, 72.2054)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56DF #79DF56

analogous

#7856DF #BC56DF #DF56BD

triadic

#BC56DF #DFBC56 #56DFBC

tetradic

#BC56DF #DF7856 #79DF56 #56BDDF

square

#BC56DF #DF7856 #79DF56 #56BDDF

split-complementary

#BC56DF #BDDF56 #56DF78

monochromatic

#7C1E9D #A527D0 #BC56DF #D089E9 #E5BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC56DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BC56DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56DF

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56DF	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7DE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.213 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be9',
    500: '#bc56df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56df;
$custom-light: #d38be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.672,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6362,
    "c": 0.21333,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56DF

secondary

#BCE2AE

accent

#D01545

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56DF

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

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