#BC85E4#BC85E4

#BC85E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.145 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E4
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 38.46, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 55.68, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.093 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.145 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1276, 33.0685, 77.4946)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E4 #ADE485

analogous

#8C85E4 #BC85E4 #E485DC

triadic

#BC85E4 #E4BC85 #85E4BC

tetradic

#BC85E4 #E48C85 #ADE485 #85DCE4

square

#BC85E4 #E48C85 #ADE485 #85DCE4

split-complementary

#BC85E4 #DCE485 #85E48C

monochromatic

#832BC3 #A053D9 #BC85E4 #D8B7EF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC85E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BC85E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E4

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E4	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7199E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B793AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.145 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ed',
    500: '#bc85e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e4;
$custom-light: #d2a9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E4

secondary

#E0EFD6

accent

#CC1A65

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E4

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

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