#BC87DE#BC87DE

#BC87DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87DE
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 39.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 36.06, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 51.41, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.089 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.135 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5855, 33.2939, 73.2761)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87DE #A9DE87

analogous

#9187DE #BC87DE #DE87D4

triadic

#BC87DE #DEBC87 #87DEBC

tetradic

#BC87DE #DE9187 #A9DE87 #87D4DE

square

#BC87DE #DE9187 #A9DE87 #87D4DE

split-complementary

#BC87DE #D4DE87 #87DE91

monochromatic

#8433B8 #A157D1 #BC87DE #D7B7EB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC87DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC87DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87DE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87DE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B893A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe8',
    500: '#bc87de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87de;
$custom-light: #d1abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.552,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87DE

secondary

#DEEDD4

accent

#C42161

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87DE

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

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