#BC85DC#BC85DC

#BC85DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.136 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85DC
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 36.73, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 51.69, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0915 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.136 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0426, 32.6345, 71.7806)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85DC #A5DC85

analogous

#9185DC #BC85DC #DC85D1

triadic

#BC85DC #DCBC85 #85DCBC

tetradic

#BC85DC #DC9185 #A5DC85 #85D1DC

square

#BC85DC #DC9185 #A5DC85 #85D1DC

split-complementary

#BC85DC #D1DC85 #85DC91

monochromatic

#8433B3 #A255CE #BC85DC #D6B5EA #F0E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC85DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BC85DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85DC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85DC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7598DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B991A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.136 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e7',
    500: '#bc85dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85dc;
$custom-light: #d1a9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85DC

secondary

#DBEBD2

accent

#C3235E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85DC

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

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