#BC8ADA#BC8ADA

#BC8ADA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ADA
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 33.54, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 47.50, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0838 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.125 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4803, 33.9310, 70.6276)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ADA #A8DA8A

analogous

#948ADA #BC8ADA #DA8AD0

triadic

#BC8ADA #DABC8A #8ADABC

tetradic

#BC8ADA #DA948A #A8DA8A #8AD0DA

square

#BC8ADA #DA948A #A8DA8A #8AD0DA

split-complementary

#BC8ADA #D0DA8A #8ADA94

monochromatic

#8438B1 #A15CCB #BC8ADA #D7B8E9 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC8ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC8ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ADA

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ADA	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B995A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade5',
    500: '#bc8ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ada;
$custom-light: #d1ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ADA

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BF2660

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ADA

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

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