#BC8DDA#BC8DDA

#BC8DDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DDA
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 31.88, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 45.57, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0794 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.12 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9166, 34.8037, 70.7730)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DDA #ABDA8D

analogous

#958DDA #BC8DDA #DA8DD2

triadic

#BC8DDA #DABC8D #8DDABC

tetradic

#BC8DDA #DA958D #ABDA8D #8DD2DA

square

#BC8DDA #DA958D #ABDA8D #8DD2DA

split-complementary

#BC8DDA #D2DA8D #8DDA95

monochromatic

#843AB3 #A15FCB #BC8DDA #D7BBE9 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC8DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC8DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DDA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DDA	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B998AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe5',
    500: '#bc8dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dda;
$custom-light: #d1afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.623,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DDA

secondary

#DFECD7

accent

#BE2762

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DDA

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

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