#BC85D5#BC85D5

#BC85D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85D5
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 213)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 35.25, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 48.23, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.09 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.128 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1349, 32.2714, 67.0000)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85D5 #9ED585

analogous

#9485D5 #BC85D5 #D585C6

triadic

#BC85D5 #D5BC85 #85D5BC

tetradic

#BC85D5 #D59485 #9ED585 #85C6D5

square

#BC85D5 #D59485 #9ED585 #85C6D5

split-complementary

#BC85D5 #C6D585 #85D594

monochromatic

#8439A6 #A357C5 #BC85D5 #D5B3E5 #EEE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC85D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BC85D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85D5

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85D5	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7897D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB90A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e2',
    500: '#bc85d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85d5;
$custom-light: #d1a9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70007,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85D5

secondary

#D6E7CF

accent

#BC2957

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85D5

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

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