#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
RGBrgb(188, 86, 230)
HSLhsl(283, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(18.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(55.14, 62.84, -55.75)
CIE-LCHlch(55.14, 84.01, 318.42°)
OKLaboklab(64.04% 0.1547 -0.1565)
OKLCHoklch(64.04% 0.22 314.7)
XYZxyz(38.3474, 23.0614, 77.2788)
Luminance0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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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
##BC56E61.003.745.615.61
#FFFFFF3.741.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6121.001.001.00
##0000005.6121.001.001.00

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

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#BC56E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva