#BC8CD9#BC8CD9

#BC8CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD9
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 32.22, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 45.72, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0807 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.12 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6394, 34.4580, 70.0370)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD9 #A9D98C

analogous

#968CD9 #BC8CD9 #D98CCF

triadic

#BC8CD9 #D9BC8C #8CD9BC

tetradic

#BC8CD9 #D9968C #A9D98C #8CCFD9

square

#BC8CD9 #D9968C #A9D98C #8CCFD9

split-complementary

#BC8CD9 #CFD98C #8CD996

monochromatic

#843AB0 #A15ECA #BC8CD9 #D7BAE8 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee5',
    500: '#bc8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd9;
$custom-light: #d1aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD9

secondary

#DEEBD6

accent

#BE2860

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD9

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

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