#BC78D6#BC78D6

#BC78D6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.151 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC78D6
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 214)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 43.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 42.53, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 56.94, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.109 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.151 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5913, 28.9804, 67.1135)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC78D6 #92D678

analogous

#8D78D6 #BC78D6 #D678C1

triadic

#BC78D6 #D6BC78 #78D6BC

tetradic

#BC78D6 #D68D78 #92D678 #78C1D6

square

#BC78D6 #D68D78 #92D678 #78C1D6

split-complementary

#BC78D6 #C1D678 #78D68D

monochromatic

#8331A2 #A549C8 #BC78D6 #D3A7E4 #EBD6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC78D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC78D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC78D6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC78D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC78D6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc78d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.151 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0e3',
    500: '#bc78d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc78d6;
$custom-light: #d2a0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc78d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67915,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC78D6

secondary

#CEE5C5

accent

#C12550

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FB

border

#D3CDD4

text

#140F15

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC78D6

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

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