#BC8BDE#BC8BDE

#BC8BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BDE
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 33.85, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 48.86, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0832 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.128 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1541, 34.4311, 73.4656)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BDE #ADDE8B

analogous

#928BDE #BC8BDE #DE8BD6

triadic

#BC8BDE #DEBC8B #8BDEBC

tetradic

#BC8BDE #DE928B #ADDE8B #8BD6DE

square

#BC8BDE #DE928B #ADDE8B #8BD6DE

split-complementary

#BC8BDE #D6DE8B #8BDE92

monochromatic

#8335BA #A05BD0 #BC8BDE #D8BBEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BDE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BDE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B897AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade8',
    500: '#bc8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bde;
$custom-light: #d1ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.422,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BDE

secondary

#E0EED7

accent

#C32264

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BDE

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

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