#BC85E8#BC85E8

#BC85E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.150 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E8
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 42.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 39.34, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 57.69, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0937 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.15 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6893, 33.2931, 80.4529)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E8 #B1E885

analogous

#8B85E8 #BC85E8 #E885E3

triadic

#BC85E8 #E8BC85 #85E8BC

tetradic

#BC85E8 #E88B85 #B1E885 #85E3E8

square

#BC85E8 #E88B85 #B1E885 #85E3E8

split-complementary

#BC85E8 #E3E885 #85E88B

monochromatic

#8326CC #A052DE #BC85E8 #D8B8F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC85E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC85E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B694AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.150 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ef',
    500: '#bc85e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e8;
$custom-light: #d2a9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E8

secondary

#E3F1D8

accent

#D01568

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E8

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

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