#BC70E6#BC70E6

#BC70E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.182 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC70E6
RGB	rgb(188, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 50.14, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 69.55, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.1222 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.182 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8136, 27.9938, 78.1009)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC70E6 #9AE670

analogous

#8170E6 #BC70E6 #E670D5

triadic

#BC70E6 #E6BC70 #70E6BC

tetradic

#BC70E6 #E68170 #9AE670 #70D5E6

square

#BC70E6 #E68170 #9AE670 #70D5E6

split-complementary

#BC70E6 #D5E670 #70E681

monochromatic

#8421BB #A43CDD #BC70E6 #D4A4EF #EDD8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC70E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BC70E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC70E6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC70E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC70E6	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A92E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B883A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc70e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.182 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39bee',
    500: '#bc70e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc70e6;
$custom-light: #d39bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc70e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.644,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.18179,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC70E6

secondary

#D4ECC6

accent

#D21357

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC70E6

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

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