#BC8BDA#BC8BDA

#BC8BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.123 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BDA
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 32.99, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 46.86, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0823 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.123 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6244, 34.2192, 70.6756)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BDA #A9DA8B

analogous

#948BDA #BC8BDA #DA8BD1

triadic

#BC8BDA #DABC8B #8BDABC

tetradic

#BC8BDA #DA948B #A9DA8B #8BD1DA

square

#BC8BDA #DA948B #A9DA8B #8BD1DA

split-complementary

#BC8BDA #D1DA8B #8BDA94

monochromatic

#8439B2 #A15DCB #BC8BDA #D7B9E9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BDA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BDA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.123 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade5',
    500: '#bc8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bda;
$custom-light: #d1ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BDA

secondary

#DEEBD5

accent

#BF2660

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BDA

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

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