#BC85EE#BC85EE

#BC85EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.157 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85EE
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 40.67, -45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 60.71, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0947 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.157 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.5561, 33.6399, 85.0182)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85EE #B7EE85

analogous

#8885EE #BC85EE #EE85EB

triadic

#BC85EE #EEBC85 #85EEBC

tetradic

#BC85EE #EE8885 #B7EE85 #85EBEE

square

#BC85EE #EE8885 #B7EE85 #85EBEE

split-complementary

#BC85EE #EBEE85 #85EE88

monochromatic

#811EDA #9F4FE7 #BC85EE #D9BBF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85EE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85EE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.157 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9f4',
    500: '#bc85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85ee;
$custom-light: #d2a9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.33639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80E6E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85EE

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

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