#BC87DD#BC87DD

#BC87DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.134 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87DD
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 35.84, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 50.91, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0888 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.134 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4519, 33.2405, 72.5723)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87DD #A8DD87

analogous

#9187DD #BC87DD #DD87D3

triadic

#BC87DD #DDBC87 #87DDBC

tetradic

#BC87DD #DD9187 #A8DD87 #87D3DD

square

#BC87DD #DD9187 #A8DD87 #87D3DD

split-complementary

#BC87DD #D3DD87 #87DD91

monochromatic

#8434B6 #A157CF #BC87DD #D7B7EB #F1E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC87DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BC87DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87DD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87DD	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B993A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe8',
    500: '#bc87dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87dd;
$custom-light: #d1abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.977,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87DD

secondary

#DDECD4

accent

#C32260

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87DD

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

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