#BC56E4#BC56E4

#BC56E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.218 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E4
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 62.44, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 83.09, 318.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1547 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.218 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0682, 22.9497, 75.8082)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E4 #7EE456

analogous

#7556E4 #BC56E4 #E456C5

triadic

#BC56E4 #E4BC56 #56E4BC

tetradic

#BC56E4 #E47556 #7EE456 #56C5E4

square

#BC56E4 #E47556 #7EE456 #56C5E4

split-complementary

#BC56E4 #C5E456 #56E475

monochromatic

#7E1AA5 #A623DA #BC56E4 #D18BEC #E6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.218 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ced',
    500: '#bc56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e4;
$custom-light: #d48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63917,
    "c": 0.21812,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E4

secondary

#BFE5B0

accent

#D51148

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E4

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

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