#BC86EE#BC86EE

#BC86EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.156 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC86EE
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 43.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 40.13, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 60.09, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0933 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.156 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6937, 33.9150, 85.0641)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC86EE #B8EE86

analogous

#8886EE #BC86EE #EE86EC

triadic

#BC86EE #EEBC86 #86EEBC

tetradic

#BC86EE #EE8886 #B8EE86 #86ECEE

square

#BC86EE #EE8886 #B8EE86 #86ECEE

split-complementary

#BC86EE #ECEE86 #86EE88

monochromatic

#801FDB #9E50E6 #BC86EE #DABCF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC86EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC86EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC86EE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC86EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC86EE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B597AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc86ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.156 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aaf4',
    500: '#bc86ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc86ee;
$custom-light: #d2aaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc86ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 75.362,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC86EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80E6F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC86EE

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

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