#BC8BDD#BC8BDD

#BC8BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BDD
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 33.63, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 48.36, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.083 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.127 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0205, 34.3777, 72.7618)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BDD #ACDD8B

analogous

#938BDD #BC8BDD #DD8BD5

triadic

#BC8BDD #DDBC8B #8BDDBC

tetradic

#BC8BDD #DD938B #ACDD8B #8BD5DD

square

#BC8BDD #DD938B #ACDD8B #8BD5DD

split-complementary

#BC8BDD #D5DD8B #8BDD93

monochromatic

#8336B8 #A15CCF #BC8BDD #D7BAEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BDD

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BDD	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B997AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade8',
    500: '#bc8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bdd;
$custom-light: #d1ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.854,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BDD

secondary

#E0EDD7

accent

#C22363

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BDD

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

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