#BC56E7#BC56E7

#BC56E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.221 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E7
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 63.05, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 84.47, 318.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1546 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.221 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4882, 23.1177, 78.0205)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E7 #81E756

analogous

#7456E7 #BC56E7 #E756CA

triadic

#BC56E7 #E7BC56 #56E7BC

tetradic

#BC56E7 #E77456 #81E756 #56CAE7

square

#BC56E7 #E77456 #81E756 #56CAE7

split-complementary

#BC56E7 #CAE756 #56E774

monochromatic

#7F18AA #A720DF #BC56E7 #D18CEF #E6C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BC56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E7	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5187E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.221 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cef',
    500: '#bc56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e7;
$custom-light: #d48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.207,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.22102,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E7

secondary

#C2E7B2

accent

#D70E4A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E7

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

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