#BC78E5#BC78E5

#BC78E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.168 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC78E5
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 47.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 45.71, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 64.24, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.1112 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.168 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5959, 29.7823, 77.6709)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC78E5 #A1E578

analogous

#8578E5 #BC78E5 #E578D7

triadic

#BC78E5 #E5BC78 #78E5BC

tetradic

#BC78E5 #E58578 #A1E578 #78D7E5

square

#BC78E5 #E58578 #A1E578 #78D7E5

split-complementary

#BC78E5 #D7E578 #78E585

monochromatic

#8425BE #A345DB #BC78E5 #D5ABEF #EFDFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC78E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC78E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC78E5

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC78E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC78E5	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F91E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B889A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc78e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.168 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a1ed',
    500: '#bc78e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc78e5;
$custom-light: #d2a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc78e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.431,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68668,
    "c": 0.16791,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC78E5

secondary

#D8EDCC

accent

#D0165C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC78E5

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

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