#BC85E9#BC85E9

#BC85E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.151 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85E9
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 42.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 39.56, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 58.19, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0939 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.151 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8317, 33.3501, 81.2031)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85E9 #B2E985

analogous

#8A85E9 #BC85E9 #E985E4

triadic

#BC85E9 #E9BC85 #85E9BC

tetradic

#BC85E9 #E98A85 #B2E985 #85E4E9

square

#BC85E9 #E98A85 #B2E985 #85E4E9

split-complementary

#BC85E9 #E4E985 #85E98A

monochromatic

#8225CE #A051E0 #BC85E9 #D8B9F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC85E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC85E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85E9

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85E9	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B695AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.151 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9f0',
    500: '#bc85e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85e9;
$custom-light: #d2a9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85E9

secondary

#E4F2D8

accent

#D11469

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85E9

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

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