#BC8FD8#BC8FD8

#BC8FD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8FD8
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 216)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 33.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 30.35, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 43.28, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.076 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.114 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9541, 35.2948, 69.5022)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8FD8 #ABD88F

analogous

#978FD8 #BC8FD8 #D88FCF

triadic

#BC8FD8 #D8BC8F #8FD8BC

tetradic

#BC8FD8 #D8978F #ABD88F #8FCFD8

square

#BC8FD8 #D8978F #ABD88F #8FCFD8

split-complementary

#BC8FD8 #CFD88F #8FD897

monochromatic

#843DAF #A162C8 #BC8FD8 #D7BCE8 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC8FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC8FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8FD8

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8FD8	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B999AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0e4',
    500: '#bc8fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8fd8;
$custom-light: #d1b0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 48.344,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8FD8

secondary

#DFEBD7

accent

#BC2A62

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8FD8

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

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