#bc56ff

Color #bc56ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 15.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bc56ff

RGB

rgb(188, 86, 255)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(56.65, 68.03, -67.25)

LCH

lch(56.65, 95.66, 315.33)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.2443, 308.84)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 33.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99ff56

Analogous

#6856ff

#bc56ff

#ff56ee

Triadic

#bc56ff

#ffbc56

#56ffbc

Split-complementary

#bc56ff

#eeff56

#56ff68

Tetradic

#bc56ff

#ff5699

#99ff56

#56ffbc

Square

#bc56ff

#ff6856

#99ff56

#56eeff

Shades

Color #bc56ff mixed toward black.

#a51dff

#8900e3

#6700ab

#450072

#220039

Tints

Color #bc56ff mixed toward white.

#c772ff

#d28eff

#deabff

#e9c7ff

#f4e3ff

Tones

Color #bc56ff mixed toward gray.

#b964f1

#b672e3

#b380d5

#b08ec7

#ae9db9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ae5 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#a0a6de · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#b9cdc7 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 30.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc56ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc56ff]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc56ff (#bc56ff) is rgb(188, 86, 255) in RGB.

No, #bc56ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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