#BC8BDB#BC8BDB

#BC8BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BDB
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 33.20, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 47.36, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0826 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.124 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7556, 34.2717, 71.3668)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BDB #AADB8B

analogous

#948BDB #BC8BDB #DB8BD2

triadic

#BC8BDB #DBBC8B #8BDBBC

tetradic

#BC8BDB #DB948B #AADB8B #8BD2DB

square

#BC8BDB #DB948B #AADB8B #8BD2DB

split-complementary

#BC8BDB #D2DB8B #8BDB94

monochromatic

#8438B4 #A15CCD #BC8BDB #D7BAE9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BDB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BDB	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade6',
    500: '#bc8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bdb;
$custom-light: #d1ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BDB

secondary

#DEECD6

accent

#C02561

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BDB

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

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