#BC85E1#BC85E1

#BC85E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.142 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E1
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 225)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 41%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 37.80, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 54.18, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0924 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.142 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7147, 32.9033, 75.3203)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E1 #AAE185

analogous

#8E85E1 #BC85E1 #E185D8

triadic

#BC85E1 #E1BC85 #85E1BC

tetradic

#BC85E1 #E18E85 #AAE185 #85D8E1

square

#BC85E1 #E18E85 #AAE185 #85D8E1

split-complementary

#BC85E1 #D8E185 #85E18E

monochromatic

#842FBD #A154D5 #BC85E1 #D7B6ED #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC85E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BC85E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E1

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E1	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7299E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B893A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.142 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ea',
    500: '#bc85e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e1;
$custom-light: #d1a9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.87,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E1

secondary

#DEEED4

accent

#C81D62

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E1

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

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