#BC56E6#BC56E6

#BC56E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.220 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E6
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 62.84, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 84.01, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1547 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.22 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3474, 23.0614, 77.2788)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E6 #80E656

analogous

#7456E6 #BC56E6 #E656C8

triadic

#BC56E6 #E6BC56 #56E6BC

tetradic

#BC56E6 #E67456 #80E656 #56C8E6

square

#BC56E6 #E67456 #80E656 #56C8E6

split-complementary

#BC56E6 #C8E656 #56E674

monochromatic

#7F19A9 #A721DE #BC56E6 #D18BEE #E6C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BC56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E6	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5287E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.220 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cee',
    500: '#bc56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e6;
$custom-light: #d48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64037,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E6

secondary

#C1E6B1

accent

#D60F49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E6

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

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