#BC85D9#BC85D9

#BC85D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.132 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85D9
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 38.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 36.09, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 50.20, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0908 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.132 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6489, 32.4770, 69.7068)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85D9 #A2D985

analogous

#9285D9 #BC85D9 #D985CC

triadic

#BC85D9 #D9BC85 #85D9BC

tetradic

#BC85D9 #D99285 #A2D985 #85CCD9

square

#BC85D9 #D99285 #A2D985 #85CCD9

split-complementary

#BC85D9 #CCD985 #85D992

monochromatic

#8436AE #A256CA #BC85D9 #D6B4E8 #EFE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC85D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC85D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85D9

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85D9	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7697DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA91A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.132 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e5',
    500: '#bc85d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85d9;
$custom-light: #d1a9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.286,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7019,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85D9

secondary

#D9E9D0

accent

#C0265B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85D9

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

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