#BC8BD9#BC8BD9

#BC8BD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BD9
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 32.78, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 46.36, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0821 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.122 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4939, 34.1671, 69.9885)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BD9 #A8D98B

analogous

#958BD9 #BC8BD9 #D98BCF

triadic

#BC8BD9 #D9BC8B #8BD9BC

tetradic

#BC8BD9 #D9958B #A8D98B #8BCFD9

square

#BC8BD9 #D9958B #A8D98B #8BCFD9

split-complementary

#BC8BD9 #CFD98B #8BD995

monochromatic

#843AB0 #A15DCA #BC8BD9 #D7B9E8 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC8BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BD9

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BD9	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)

#7D9BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade5',
    500: '#bc8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bd9;
$custom-light: #d1ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71219,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BD9

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BE275F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BD9

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

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