#BC87EF#BC87EF

#BC87EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.155 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87EF
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 39.80, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 59.97, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0921 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.155 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9799, 34.2517, 85.8863)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87EF #BAEF87

analogous

#8887EF #BC87EF #EF87EE

triadic

#BC87EF #EFBC87 #87EFBC

tetradic

#BC87EF #EF8887 #BAEF87 #87EEEF

square

#BC87EF #EF8887 #BAEF87 #87EEEF

split-complementary

#BC87EF #EEEF87 #87EF88

monochromatic

#801EDE #9E51E8 #BC87EF #DABDF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC87EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC87EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87EF

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87EF	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B498B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.155 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abf4',
    500: '#bc87ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87ef;
$custom-light: #d2abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87EF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D90D71

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87EF

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

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