#BC8ADD#BC8ADD

#BC8ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ADD
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 34.19, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 49.00, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0845 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.129 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8764, 34.0894, 72.7138)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ADD #ABDD8A

analogous

#928ADD #BC8ADD #DD8AD4

triadic

#BC8ADD #DDBC8A #8ADDBC

tetradic

#BC8ADD #DD928A #ABDD8A #8AD4DD

square

#BC8ADD #DD928A #ABDD8A #8AD4DD

split-complementary

#BC8ADD #D4DD8A #8ADD92

monochromatic

#8435B7 #A15BCF #BC8ADD #D7B9EB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ADD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ADD	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade8',
    500: '#bc8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8add;
$custom-light: #d1ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.145,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71227,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ADD

secondary

#DFEDD6

accent

#C22362

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ADD

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

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