#BC85D8#BC85D8

#BC85D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85D8
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 38.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 35.88, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 49.71, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0906 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.131 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5192, 32.4251, 69.0239)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85D8 #A1D885

analogous

#9285D8 #BC85D8 #D885CA

triadic

#BC85D8 #D8BC85 #85D8BC

tetradic

#BC85D8 #D89285 #A1D885 #85CAD8

square

#BC85D8 #D89285 #A1D885 #85CAD8

split-complementary

#BC85D8 #CAD885 #85D892

monochromatic

#8437AC #A357C9 #BC85D8 #D5B3E7 #EFE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC85D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BC85D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85D8

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85D8	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7697DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA90A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e4',
    500: '#bc85d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85d8;
$custom-light: #d1a9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.759,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70144,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85D8

secondary

#D8E9D0

accent

#BF275A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85D8

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

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