#BC88EB#BC88EB

#BC88EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.149 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88EB
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 42.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 38.36, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 57.32, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.09 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.149 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5356, 34.2983, 82.8552)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88EB #B7EB88

analogous

#8A88EB #BC88EB #EB88E9

triadic

#BC88EB #EBBC88 #88EBBC

tetradic

#BC88EB #EB8A88 #B7EB88 #88E9EB

square

#BC88EB #EB8A88 #B7EB88 #88E9EB

split-complementary

#BC88EB #E9EB88 #88EB8A

monochromatic

#8124D5 #9F54E2 #BC88EB #D9BCF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC88EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC88EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88EB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88EB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.149 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abf2',
    500: '#bc88eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88eb;
$custom-light: #d2abf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.515,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.14878,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D3126E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88EB

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

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