#BC88E2#BC88E2

#BC88E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.138 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88E2
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 39.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 36.37, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 52.78, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0884 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.138 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2682, 33.7913, 76.1798)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88E2 #AEE288

analogous

#8F88E2 #BC88E2 #E288DB

triadic

#BC88E2 #E2BC88 #88E2BC

tetradic

#BC88E2 #E28F88 #AEE288 #88DBE2

square

#BC88E2 #E28F88 #AEE288 #88DBE2

split-complementary

#BC88E2 #DBE288 #88E28F

monochromatic

#832FC1 #A057D6 #BC88E2 #D8B9EE #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC88E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC88E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88E2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88E2	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)

#769BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.138 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abeb',
    500: '#bc88e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88e2;
$custom-light: #d1abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 60.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71118,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88E2

secondary

#E1EFD7

accent

#C91D65

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88E2

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

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