#BC8DDE#BC8DDE

#BC8DDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.125 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DDE
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 32.74, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 47.58, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0803 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.125 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4464, 35.0156, 73.5630)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DDE #AFDE8D

analogous

#938DDE #BC8DDE #DE8DD7

triadic

#BC8DDE #DEBC8D #8DDEBC

tetradic

#BC8DDE #DE938D #AFDE8D #8DD7DE

square

#BC8DDE #DE938D #AFDE8D #8DD7DE

split-complementary

#BC8DDE #D7DE8D #8DDE93

monochromatic

#8336BB #A05ED0 #BC8DDE #D8BCEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC8DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC8DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DDE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DDE	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B899AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.125 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe8',
    500: '#bc8dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dde;
$custom-light: #d1afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DDE

secondary

#E2EED9

accent

#C32366

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DDE

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

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