#BC87E1#BC87E1

#BC87E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.138 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87E1
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 40%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 36.70, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 52.91, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0896 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.138 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9912, 33.4562, 75.4125)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87E1 #ACE187

analogous

#8F87E1 #BC87E1 #E187D9

triadic

#BC87E1 #E1BC87 #87E1BC

tetradic

#BC87E1 #E18F87 #ACE187 #87D9E1

square

#BC87E1 #E18F87 #ACE187 #87D9E1

split-complementary

#BC87E1 #D9E187 #87E18F

monochromatic

#8330BE #A156D5 #BC87E1 #D7B8ED #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC87E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC87E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87E1

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87E1	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)

#759AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.138 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abea',
    500: '#bc87e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87e1;
$custom-light: #d1abea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70902,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87E1

secondary

#E0EED6

accent

#C81E64

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87E1

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

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