#BC8CD8#BC8CD8

#BC8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD8
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 32.01, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 45.22, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0804 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.119 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5097, 34.4061, 69.3541)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD8 #A8D88C

analogous

#968CD8 #BC8CD8 #D88CCE

triadic

#BC8CD8 #D8BC8C #8CD8BC

tetradic

#BC8CD8 #D8968C #A8D88C #8CCED8

square

#BC8CD8 #D8968C #A8D88C #8CCED8

split-complementary

#BC8CD8 #CED88C #8CD896

monochromatic

#843BAE #A15EC9 #BC8CD8 #D7BAE7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD8	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee4',
    500: '#bc8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd8;
$custom-light: #d1aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71348,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD8

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BD295F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD8

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

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