#BC85E6#BC85E6

#BC85E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.148 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E6
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 38.89, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 56.68, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0933 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.148 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4068, 33.1802, 78.9653)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E6 #AFE685

analogous

#8B85E6 #BC85E6 #E685DF

triadic

#BC85E6 #E6BC85 #85E6BC

tetradic

#BC85E6 #E68B85 #AFE685 #85DFE6

square

#BC85E6 #E68B85 #AFE685 #85DFE6

split-complementary

#BC85E6 #DFE685 #85E68B

monochromatic

#8329C8 #A052DC #BC85E6 #D8B8F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E6

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E6	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B794AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.148 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ee',
    500: '#bc85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e6;
$custom-light: #d2a9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.021,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70808,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E6

secondary

#E2F0D7

accent

#CE1867

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E6

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

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