#BC8DDD#BC8DDD

#BC8DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DDD
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 32.53, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 47.08, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0801 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.123 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3127, 34.9622, 72.8592)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DDD #AEDD8D

analogous

#948DDD #BC8DDD #DD8DD6

triadic

#BC8DDD #DDBC8D #8DDDBC

tetradic

#BC8DDD #DD948D #AEDD8D #8DD6DD

square

#BC8DDD #DD948D #AEDD8D #8DD6DD

split-complementary

#BC8DDD #D6DD8D #8DDD94

monochromatic

#8337B9 #A05ECF #BC8DDD #D8BCEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DDD

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DDD	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B898AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe8',
    500: '#bc8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ddd;
$custom-light: #d1afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.25,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DDD

secondary

#E1EED8

accent

#C22465

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DDD

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

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