#BC85D7#BC85D7

#BC85D7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85D7
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 38.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 35.67, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 49.22, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0904 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.13 314)
XYZ	xyz(41.3903, 32.3736, 68.3451)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85D7 #A0D785

analogous

#9385D7 #BC85D7 #D785C9

triadic

#BC85D7 #D7BC85 #85D7BC

tetradic

#BC85D7 #D79385 #A0D785 #85C9D7

square

#BC85D7 #D79385 #A0D785 #85C9D7

split-complementary

#BC85D7 #C9D785 #85D793

monochromatic

#8438AA #A357C8 #BC85D7 #D5B3E6 #EFE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC85D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BC85D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85D7

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85D7	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7797DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA90A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e3',
    500: '#bc85d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85d7;
$custom-light: #d1a9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.244,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.32373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85D7

secondary

#D8E8CF

accent

#BE2859

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85D7

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

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