#BC78D5#BC78D5

#BC78D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.150 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC78D5
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(284, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 43.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 42.33, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 56.46, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.1088 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.15 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4640, 28.9295, 66.4430)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC78D5 #91D578

analogous

#8D78D5 #BC78D5 #D578BF

triadic

#BC78D5 #D5BC78 #78D5BC

tetradic

#BC78D5 #D58D78 #91D578 #78BFD5

square

#BC78D5 #D58D78 #91D578 #78BFD5

split-complementary

#BC78D5 #BFD578 #78D58D

monochromatic

#8332A1 #A549C6 #BC78D5 #D3A7E4 #EAD5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC78D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC78D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC78D5

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC78D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC78D5	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB859C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc78d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.150 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0e2',
    500: '#bc78d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc78d5;
$custom-light: #d2a0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc78d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.871,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67866,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC78D5

secondary

#CDE4C5

accent

#C0264F

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FB

border

#D3CDD4

text

#140F15

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC78D5

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

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