#BC56E1#BC56E1

#BC56E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.215 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E1
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 61.84, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 81.70, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1547 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.215 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.6553, 22.7845, 73.6339)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E1 #7BE156

analogous

#7656E1 #BC56E1 #E156C0

triadic

#BC56E1 #E1BC56 #56E1BC

tetradic

#BC56E1 #E17656 #7BE156 #56C0E1

square

#BC56E1 #E17656 #7BE156 #56C0E1

split-complementary

#BC56E1 #C0E156 #56E176

monochromatic

#7D1CA0 #A626D4 #BC56E1 #D18AEA #E5BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC56E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E1	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5686DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.215 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48beb',
    500: '#bc56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e1;
$custom-light: #d48beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.029,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.21524,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E1

secondary

#BDE4AF

accent

#D21446

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E1

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

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