#BC8FD4#BC8FD4

#BC8FD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8FD4
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 212)
HSL	hsl(279, 45%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 29.50, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 41.29, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.075 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.109 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4432, 35.0905, 66.8118)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8FD4 #A7D48F

analogous

#9A8FD4 #BC8FD4 #D48FCA

triadic

#BC8FD4 #D4BC8F #8FD4BC

tetradic

#BC8FD4 #D49A8F #A7D48F #8FCAD4

square

#BC8FD4 #D49A8F #A7D48F #8FCAD4

split-complementary

#BC8FD4 #CAD48F #8FD49A

monochromatic

#8441A8 #A263C3 #BC8FD4 #D6BBE5 #F1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC8FD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC8FD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8FD4

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8FD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8FD4	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA98A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0e1',
    500: '#bc8fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8fd4;
$custom-light: #d1b0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 44.516,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71703,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8FD4

secondary

#DCE9D6

accent

#B82E5E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8FD4

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

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