#BC8ADE#BC8ADE

#BC8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ADE
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 34.40, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 49.50, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0847 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.13 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0100, 34.1429, 73.4175)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ADE #ACDE8A

analogous

#928ADE #BC8ADE #DE8AD6

triadic

#BC8ADE #DEBC8A #8ADEBC

tetradic

#BC8ADE #DE928A #ACDE8A #8AD6DE

square

#BC8ADE #DE928A #ACDE8A #8AD6DE

split-complementary

#BC8ADE #D6DE8A #8ADE92

monochromatic

#8334B9 #A15AD1 #BC8ADE #D7BAEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ADE

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ADE	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade8',
    500: '#bc8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ade;
$custom-light: #d1ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ADE

secondary

#E0EDD6

accent

#C42263

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ADE

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

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