#BC85E7#BC85E7

#BC85E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.149 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E7
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 42.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 39.12, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 57.18, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0935 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.149 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5477, 33.2365, 79.7070)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E7 #B0E785

analogous

#8B85E7 #BC85E7 #E785E1

triadic

#BC85E7 #E7BC85 #85E7BC

tetradic

#BC85E7 #E78B85 #B0E785 #85E1E7

square

#BC85E7 #E78B85 #B0E785 #85E1E7

split-complementary

#BC85E7 #E1E785 #85E78B

monochromatic

#8328CA #A052DD #BC85E7 #D8B8F1 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC85E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BC85E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E7

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E7	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B694AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.149 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ef',
    500: '#bc85e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e7;
$custom-light: #d2a9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.673,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70857,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E7

secondary

#E2F1D7

accent

#CF1667

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E7

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

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