#BC87DB#BC87DB

#BC87DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.131 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87DB
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 35.41, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 49.92, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0884 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.131 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1870, 33.1345, 71.1773)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87DB #A6DB87

analogous

#9287DB #BC87DB #DB87D0

triadic

#BC87DB #DBBC87 #87DBBC

tetradic

#BC87DB #DB9287 #A6DB87 #87D0DB

square

#BC87DB #DB9287 #A6DB87 #87D0DB

split-complementary

#BC87DB #D0DB87 #87DB92

monochromatic

#8435B2 #A258CD #BC87DB #D6B6E9 #F1E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC87DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC87DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87DB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87DB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7899DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B993A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.131 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe6',
    500: '#bc87db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87db;
$custom-light: #d1abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87DB

secondary

#DCEBD3

accent

#C1245E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87DB

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

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