#BC87E4#BC87E4

#BC87E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.142 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87E4
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 37.36, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 54.42, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0902 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.142 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4040, 33.6213, 77.5868)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87E4 #AFE487

analogous

#8D87E4 #BC87E4 #E487DD

triadic

#BC87E4 #E4BC87 #87E4BC

tetradic

#BC87E4 #E48D87 #AFE487 #87DDE4

square

#BC87E4 #E48D87 #AFE487 #87DDE4

split-complementary

#BC87E4 #DDE487 #87E48D

monochromatic

#832CC4 #A055D9 #BC87E4 #D8B9EF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC87E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC87E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87E4

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87E4	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B795AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.142 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abed',
    500: '#bc87e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87e4;
$custom-light: #d1abed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.194,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71045,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87E4

secondary

#E2F0D7

accent

#CB1A66

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87E4

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

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