#BC8CDC#BC8CDC

#BC8CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CDC
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 32.87, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 47.22, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0813 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.124 311)
XYZ	xyz(43.0331, 34.6155, 72.1107)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CDC #ACDC8C

analogous

#948CDC #BC8CDC #DC8CD4

triadic

#BC8CDC #DCBC8C #8CDCBC

tetradic

#BC8CDC #DC948C #ACDC8C #8CD4DC

square

#BC8CDC #DC948C #ACDC8C #8CD4DC

split-complementary

#BC8CDC #D4DC8C #8CDC94

monochromatic

#8337B6 #A15DCE #BC8CDC #D7BBEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CDC

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CDC	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B997AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee7',
    500: '#bc8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cdc;
$custom-light: #d1aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.34615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CDC

secondary

#E0EDD7

accent

#C12563

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CDC

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

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