#BC88DD#BC88DD

#BC88DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88DD
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 35.29, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 50.28, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0873 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.132 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5921, 33.5208, 72.6190)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88DD #A9DD88

analogous

#9188DD #BC88DD #DD88D4

triadic

#BC88DD #DDBC88 #88DDBC

tetradic

#BC88DD #DD9188 #A9DD88 #88D4DD

square

#BC88DD #DD9188 #A9DD88 #88D4DD

split-complementary

#BC88DD #D4DD88 #88DD91

monochromatic

#8434B6 #A158CF #BC88DD #D7B8EB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC88DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC88DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88DD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88DD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B994A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe8',
    500: '#bc88dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88dd;
$custom-light: #d1abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88DD

secondary

#DEECD4

accent

#C32261

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88DD

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

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