#BC8CD5#BC8CD5

#BC8CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD5
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 31.38, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 43.73, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0797 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.116 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1254, 34.2524, 67.3301)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD5 #A5D58C

analogous

#988CD5 #BC8CD5 #D58CCA

triadic

#BC8CD5 #D5BC8C #8CD5BC

tetradic

#BC8CD5 #D5988C #A5D58C #8CCAD5

square

#BC8CD5 #D5988C #A5D58C #8CCAD5

split-complementary

#BC8CD5 #CAD58C #8CD598

monochromatic

#843EA9 #A25FC5 #BC8CD5 #D6B9E5 #F0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD5	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#809BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee2',
    500: '#bc8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd5;
$custom-light: #d1aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD5

secondary

#DBE9D4

accent

#BA2C5C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD5

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

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