#BC74E8#BC74E8

#BC74E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.178 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC74E8
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 50%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 48.47, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 68.13, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.117 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.178 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5473, 29.0092, 79.7389)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC74E8 #A0E874

analogous

#8274E8 #BC74E8 #E874DA

triadic

#BC74E8 #E8BC74 #74E8BC

tetradic

#BC74E8 #E88274 #A0E874 #74DAE8

square

#BC74E8 #E88274 #A0E874 #74DAE8

split-complementary

#BC74E8 #DAE874 #74E882

monochromatic

#8420C2 #A33FDF #BC74E8 #D5A9F1 #EFDDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC74E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC74E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC74E8

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC74E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC74E8	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C94E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B787A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc74e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.178 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ef0',
    500: '#bc74e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc74e8;
$custom-light: #d29ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc74e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68213,
    "c": 0.17767,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC74E8

secondary

#D8EDCA

accent

#D4125B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC74E8

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

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