#BC56E5#BC56E5

#BC56E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.219 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E5
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 62.64, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 83.55, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1547 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.219 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2074, 23.0053, 76.5414)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E5 #7FE556

analogous

#7556E5 #BC56E5 #E556C7

triadic

#BC56E5 #E5BC56 #56E5BC

tetradic

#BC56E5 #E57556 #7FE556 #56C7E5

square

#BC56E5 #E57556 #7FE556 #56C7E5

split-complementary

#BC56E5 #C7E556 #56E575

monochromatic

#7E1AA7 #A722DC #BC56E5 #D18BED #E6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5387E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.219 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cee',
    500: '#bc56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e5;
$custom-light: #d48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.797,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63977,
    "c": 0.21909,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E5

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D51049

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E5

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

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