#BC88E6#BC88E6

#BC88E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.143 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88E6
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 37.25, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 54.79, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0891 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.143 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8234, 34.0134, 79.1042)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88E6 #B2E688

analogous

#8D88E6 #BC88E6 #E688E1

triadic

#BC88E6 #E6BC88 #88E6BC

tetradic

#BC88E6 #E68D88 #B2E688 #88E1E6

square

#BC88E6 #E68D88 #B2E688 #88E1E6

split-complementary

#BC88E6 #E1E688 #88E68D

monochromatic

#822AC9 #A055DB #BC88E6 #D8BBF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC88E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC88E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88E6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88E6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B796AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.143 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abee',
    500: '#bc88e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88e6;
$custom-light: #d2abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7131,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88E6

secondary

#E4F1D9

accent

#CD1869

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88E6

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

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