#BC8BDF#BC8BDF

#BC8BDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BDF
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 34.07, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 49.37, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0835 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.129 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2885, 34.4849, 74.1735)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BDF #AEDF8B

analogous

#928BDF #BC8BDF #DF8BD8

triadic

#BC8BDF #DFBC8B #8BDFBC

tetradic

#BC8BDF #DF928B #AEDF8B #8BD8DF

square

#BC8BDF #DF928B #AEDF8B #8BD8DF

split-complementary

#BC8BDF #D8DF8B #8BDF92

monochromatic

#8334BC #A05BD2 #BC8BDF #D8BBEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BC8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BDF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BDF	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B897AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade9',
    500: '#bc8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bdf;
$custom-light: #d1ade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71491,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BDF

secondary

#E1EED8

accent

#C42165

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BDF

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

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