#BC86EB#BC86EB

#BC86EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.152 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC86EB
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 43%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 39.45, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 58.57, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0928 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.152 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2566, 33.7402, 82.7622)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC86EB #B5EB86

analogous

#8A86EB #BC86EB #EB86E8

triadic

#BC86EB #EBBC86 #86EBBC

tetradic

#BC86EB #EB8A86 #B5EB86 #86E8EB

square

#BC86EB #EB8A86 #B5EB86 #86E8EB

split-complementary

#BC86EB #E8EB86 #86EB8A

monochromatic

#8123D4 #9F51E2 #BC86EB #D9BBF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC86EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC86EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC86EB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC86EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC86EB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc86eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.152 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aaf2',
    500: '#bc86eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc86eb;
$custom-light: #d2aaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc86eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC86EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D4126C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC86EB

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

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