#BC79D8#BC79D8

#BC79D8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.152 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC79D8
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 44%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 42.41, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 57.28, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.1079 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.152 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9692, 29.3250, 68.5072)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC79D8 #95D879

analogous

#8C79D8 #BC79D8 #D879C4

triadic

#BC79D8 #D8BC79 #79D8BC

tetradic

#BC79D8 #D88C79 #95D879 #79C4D8

square

#BC79D8 #D88C79 #95D879 #79C4D8

split-complementary

#BC79D8 #C4D879 #79D88C

monochromatic

#8330A6 #A44ACA #BC79D8 #D4A8E6 #EBD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC79D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC79D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC79D8

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC79D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC79D8	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc79d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.152 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a1e4',
    500: '#bc79d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc79d8;
$custom-light: #d2a1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc79d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.316,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68171,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC79D8

secondary

#D0E6C7

accent

#C22352

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F15

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC79D8

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

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