#BC79C8#BC79C8

#BC79C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.134 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC79C8
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(291, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 39.16, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 49.68, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.1048 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.134 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0005, 28.5375, 58.1390)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC79C8 #85C879

analogous

#9479C8 #BC79C8 #C879AC

triadic

#BC79C8 #C8BC79 #79C8BC

tetradic

#BC79C8 #C89479 #85C879 #79ACC8

square

#BC79C8 #C89479 #85C879 #79ACC8

split-complementary

#BC79C8 #ACC879 #79C894

monochromatic

#803A8D #A64EB6 #BC79C8 #D2A4DA #E7D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC79C8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC79C8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.134 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1d9',
    500: '#bc79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc79c8;
$custom-light: #d1a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.886,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67421,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC79C8

secondary

#C4DDC0

accent

#B53145

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FA

border

#D3CDD3

text

#140F14

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC79C8

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

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