#BC56E2#BC56E2

#BC56E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.216 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E2
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 62.04, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 82.16, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1547 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.216 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7922, 22.8392, 74.3544)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E2 #7CE256

analogous

#7656E2 #BC56E2 #E256C2

triadic

#BC56E2 #E2BC56 #56E2BC

tetradic

#BC56E2 #E27656 #7CE256 #56C2E2

square

#BC56E2 #E27656 #7CE256 #56C2E2

split-complementary

#BC56E2 #C2E256 #56E276

monochromatic

#7D1CA2 #A625D6 #BC56E2 #D18AEB #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BC56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BC56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E2	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5586DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.216 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bec',
    500: '#bc56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e2;
$custom-light: #d48bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63798,
    "c": 0.2162,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E2

secondary

#BEE4B0

accent

#D31347

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E2

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

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