#BC85EF#BC85EF

#BC85EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.159 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85EF
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 40.90, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 61.22, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0948 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.159 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7034, 33.6988, 85.7941)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85EF #B8EF85

analogous

#8785EF #BC85EF #EF85ED

triadic

#BC85EF #EFBC85 #85EFBC

tetradic

#BC85EF #EF8785 #B8EF85 #85EDEF

square

#BC85EF #EF8785 #B8EF85 #85EDEF

split-complementary

#BC85EF #EDEF85 #85EF87

monochromatic

#801DDD #9E4FE8 #BC85EF #DABBF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC85EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC85EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85EF

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85EF	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B496AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.159 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9f4',
    500: '#bc85ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85ef;
$custom-light: #d2a9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85EF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D90C6F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85EF

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

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