#BC85EB#BC85EB

#BC85EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.154 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85EB
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 43.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 40.00, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 59.20, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0942 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.154 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1190, 33.4651, 82.7163)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85EB #B4EB85

analogous

#8985EB #BC85EB #EB85E7

triadic

#BC85EB #EBBC85 #85EBBC

tetradic

#BC85EB #EB8985 #B4EB85 #85E7EB

square

#BC85EB #EB8985 #B4EB85 #85E7EB

split-complementary

#BC85EB #E7EB85 #85EB89

monochromatic

#8223D3 #9F50E2 #BC85EB #D9BAF4 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC85EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC85EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85EB

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85EB	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B595AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.154 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9f2',
    500: '#bc85eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85eb;
$custom-light: #d2a9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D4126B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85EB

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

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