#BC85DB#BC85DB

#BC85DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85DB
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 39.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 36.51, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 51.19, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0913 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.135 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9106, 32.5817, 71.0852)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85DB #A4DB85

analogous

#9185DB #BC85DB #DB85CF

triadic

#BC85DB #DBBC85 #85DBBC

tetradic

#BC85DB #DB9185 #A4DB85 #85CFDB

square

#BC85DB #DB9185 #A4DB85 #85CFDB

split-complementary

#BC85DB #CFDB85 #85DB91

monochromatic

#8434B1 #A256CD #BC85DB #D6B4E9 #F0E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC85DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC85DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85DB

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85DB	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7598DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B991A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e6',
    500: '#bc85db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85db;
$custom-light: #d1a9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.372,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70283,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85DB

secondary

#DAEBD1

accent

#C2245D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85DB

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

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