#BC8DDB#BC8DDB

#BC8DDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DDB
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 219)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 32.10, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 46.08, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0797 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.121 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0479, 34.8562, 71.4643)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DDB #ACDB8D

analogous

#958DDB #BC8DDB #DB8DD3

triadic

#BC8DDB #DBBC8D #8DDBBC

tetradic

#BC8DDB #DB958D #ACDB8D #8DD3DB

square

#BC8DDB #DB958D #ACDB8D #8DD3DB

split-complementary

#BC8DDB #D3DB8D #8DDB95

monochromatic

#8339B5 #A15ECC #BC8DDB #D7BCEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC8DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC8DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DDB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DDB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B998AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe6',
    500: '#bc8ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ddb;
$custom-light: #d1afe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DDB

secondary

#E0ECD7

accent

#BF2663

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DDB

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

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