#BC56E8#BC56E8

#BC56E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.222 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC56E8
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 63.25, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 84.94, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1546 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.222 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6299, 23.1743, 78.7665)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC56E8 #82E856

analogous

#7356E8 #BC56E8 #E856CB

triadic

#BC56E8 #E8BC56 #56E8BC

tetradic

#BC56E8 #E87356 #82E856 #56CBE8

square

#BC56E8 #E87356 #82E856 #56CBE8

split-complementary

#BC56E8 #CBE856 #56E873

monochromatic

#7F17AC #A720E1 #BC56E8 #D18CEF #E7C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC56E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BC56E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC56E8

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC56E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC56E8	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc56e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.222 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cf0',
    500: '#bc56e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc56e8;
$custom-light: #d48cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc56e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.918,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.22199,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC56E8

secondary

#C2E8B2

accent

#D80D4A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC56E8

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

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