#BC85DE#BC85DE

#BC85DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.138 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85DE
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 40.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 37.15, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 52.68, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0919 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.138 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3091, 32.7411, 73.1839)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85DE #A7DE85

analogous

#9085DE #BC85DE #DE85D3

triadic

#BC85DE #DEBC85 #85DEBC

tetradic

#BC85DE #DE9085 #A7DE85 #85D3DE

square

#BC85DE #DE9085 #A7DE85 #85D3DE

split-complementary

#BC85DE #D3DE85 #85DE90

monochromatic

#8432B7 #A255D1 #BC85DE #D6B5EB #F1E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC85DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC85DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85DE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85DE	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B992A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.138 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9e8',
    500: '#bc85de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85de;
$custom-light: #d1a9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.079,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70423,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85DE

secondary

#DCECD3

accent

#C5215F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85DE

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

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