#BC85E5#BC85E5

#BC85E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.147 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E5
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 41.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 38.67, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 56.18, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0932 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.147 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2668, 33.1242, 78.2278)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E5 #AEE585

analogous

#8C85E5 #BC85E5 #E585DE

triadic

#BC85E5 #E5BC85 #85E5BC

tetradic

#BC85E5 #E58C85 #AEE585 #85DEE5

square

#BC85E5 #E58C85 #AEE585 #85DEE5

split-complementary

#BC85E5 #DEE585 #85E58C

monochromatic

#832AC6 #A053DA #BC85E5 #D8B7F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC85E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC85E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E5

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E5	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B794AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.147 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ed',
    500: '#bc85e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e5;
$custom-light: #d2a9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.375,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70759,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E5

secondary

#E1F0D6

accent

#CD1966

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E5

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

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