#BC56E3#BC56E3

#BC56E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.217 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E3
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 62.24, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 82.62, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1547 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.217 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9298, 22.8943, 75.0792)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E3 #7DE356

analogous

#7656E3 #BC56E3 #E356C4

triadic

#BC56E3 #E3BC56 #56E3BC

tetradic

#BC56E3 #E37656 #7DE356 #56C4E3

square

#BC56E3 #E37656 #7DE356 #56C4E3

split-complementary

#BC56E3 #C4E356 #56E376

monochromatic

#7E1BA4 #A624D8 #BC56E3 #D18BEC #E6BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC56E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BC56E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E3	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.217 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bec',
    500: '#bc56e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e3;
$custom-light: #d48bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63857,
    "c": 0.21716,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E3

secondary

#BFE5B0

accent

#D41247

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E3

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

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