#BC8FD5#BC8FD5

#BC8FD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8FD5
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 45%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 29.71, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 41.79, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0753 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.11 313)
XYZ	xyz(42.5698, 35.1411, 67.4782)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8FD5 #A8D58F

analogous

#998FD5 #BC8FD5 #D58FCB

triadic

#BC8FD5 #D5BC8F #8FD5BC

tetradic

#BC8FD5 #D5998F #A8D58F #8FCBD5

square

#BC8FD5 #D5998F #A8D58F #8FCBD5

split-complementary

#BC8FD5 #CBD58F #8FD599

monochromatic

#8440AA #A162C4 #BC8FD5 #D7BCE6 #F1E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC8FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC8FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8FD5

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8FD5	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA98A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0e2',
    500: '#bc8fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8fd5;
$custom-light: #d1b0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71745,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.3514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8FD5

secondary

#DDEAD6

accent

#B92D5F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8FD5

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

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