#BC8DD4#BC8DD4

#BC8DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DD4
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 30.61, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 42.59, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.078 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.113 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1457, 34.4953, 66.7127)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DD4 #A5D48D

analogous

#998DD4 #BC8DD4 #D48DC9

triadic

#BC8DD4 #D4BC8D #8DD4BC

tetradic

#BC8DD4 #D4998D #A5D48D #8DC9D4

square

#BC8DD4 #D4998D #A5D48D #8DC9D4

split-complementary

#BC8DD4 #C9D48D #8DD499

monochromatic

#843FA7 #A261C3 #BC8DD4 #D6B9E5 #F0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BC8DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DD4

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DD4	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe1',
    500: '#bc8dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dd4;
$custom-light: #d1afe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71349,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DD4

secondary

#DBE9D4

accent

#B82D5C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DD4

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

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