#BC87E7#BC87E7

#BC87E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.146 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87E7
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 38.02, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 55.93, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0907 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.146 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8241, 33.7893, 79.7991)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87E7 #B2E787

analogous

#8C87E7 #BC87E7 #E787E2

triadic

#BC87E7 #E7BC87 #87E7BC

tetradic

#BC87E7 #E78C87 #B2E787 #87E2E7

square

#BC87E7 #E78C87 #B2E787 #87E2E7

split-complementary

#BC87E7 #E2E787 #87E78C

monochromatic

#8229CB #A054DD #BC87E7 #D8BAF1 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC87E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC87E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87E7

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87E7	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B696AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.146 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abef',
    500: '#bc87e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87e7;
$custom-light: #d2abef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.125,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7119,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87E7

secondary

#E4F1D9

accent

#CF1769

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87E7

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

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