#BC8CD7#BC8CD7

#BC8CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD7
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 31.80, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 44.72, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0802 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.118 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3808, 34.3545, 68.6753)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD7 #A7D78C

analogous

#978CD7 #BC8CD7 #D78CCD

triadic

#BC8CD7 #D7BC8C #8CD7BC

tetradic

#BC8CD7 #D7978C #A7D78C #8CCDD7

square

#BC8CD7 #D7978C #A7D78C #8CCDD7

split-complementary

#BC8CD7 #CDD78C #8CD797

monochromatic

#843CAD #A25FC7 #BC8CD7 #D6B9E7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD7

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD7	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee3',
    500: '#bc8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd7;
$custom-light: #d1aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71304,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD7

secondary

#DCEAD5

accent

#BC2A5E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD7

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

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