#BC8CD6#BC8CD6

#BC8CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD6
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 31.59, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 44.22, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0799 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.117 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2527, 34.3033, 68.0006)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD6 #A6D68C

analogous

#978CD6 #BC8CD6 #D68CCB

triadic

#BC8CD6 #D6BC8C #8CD6BC

tetradic

#BC8CD6 #D6978C #A6D68C #8CCBD6

square

#BC8CD6 #D6978C #A6D68C #8CCBD6

split-complementary

#BC8CD6 #CBD68C #8CD697

monochromatic

#843DAB #A25FC6 #BC8CD6 #D6B9E6 #F1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee3',
    500: '#bc8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd6;
$custom-light: #d1aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD6

secondary

#DCEAD4

accent

#BB2B5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD6

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

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