#BC79E7#BC79E7

#BC79E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.169 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC79E7
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 45.61, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 64.61, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.1101 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.169 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9976, 30.1364, 79.1903)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC79E7 #A4E779

analogous

#8579E7 #BC79E7 #E779DB

triadic

#BC79E7 #E7BC79 #79E7BC

tetradic

#BC79E7 #E78579 #A4E779 #79DBE7

square

#BC79E7 #E78579 #A4E779 #79DBE7

split-complementary

#BC79E7 #DBE779 #79E785

monochromatic

#8423C3 #A245DE #BC79E7 #D6ADF0 #F0E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC79E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BC79E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC79E7

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC79E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC79E7	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc79e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.169 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a1ef',
    500: '#bc79e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc79e7;
$custom-light: #d2a1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc79e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.545,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68927,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC79E7

secondary

#DAEECE

accent

#D2145E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC79E7

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

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