#BC87E2#BC87E2

#BC87E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.140 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87E2
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 36.92, -38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 53.41, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0898 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.14 310)
XYZ	xyz(43.1280, 33.5109, 76.1330)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87E2 #ADE287

analogous

#8E87E2 #BC87E2 #E287DA

triadic

#BC87E2 #E2BC87 #87E2BC

tetradic

#BC87E2 #E28E87 #ADE287 #87DAE2

square

#BC87E2 #E28E87 #ADE287 #87DAE2

split-complementary

#BC87E2 #DAE287 #87E28E

monochromatic

#832EC0 #A056D6 #BC87E2 #D8B8EE #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC87E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC87E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87E2

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87E2	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.140 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abeb',
    500: '#bc87e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87e2;
$custom-light: #d1abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.945,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7095,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.3351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87E2

secondary

#E0EFD6

accent

#C91D65

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87E2

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

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