#BC85DD#BC85DD

#BC85DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85DD
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 39.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 36.94, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 52.18, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0917 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.137 312)
XYZ	xyz(42.1755, 32.6876, 72.4802)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85DD #A6DD85

analogous

#9085DD #BC85DD #DD85D2

triadic

#BC85DD #DDBC85 #85DDBC

tetradic

#BC85DD #DD9085 #A6DD85 #85D2DD

square

#BC85DD #DD9085 #A6DD85 #85D2DD

split-complementary

#BC85DD #D2DD85 #85DD90

monochromatic

#8432B5 #A255D0 #BC85DD #D6B5EA #F1E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC85DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BC85DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85DD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85DD	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B992A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e8',
    500: '#bc85dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85dd;
$custom-light: #d1a9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.32687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85DD

secondary

#DCECD2

accent

#C4225E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85DD

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

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