#BC88EE#BC88EE

#BC88EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.152 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88EE
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 39.03, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 58.84, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0905 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.152 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9727, 34.4731, 85.1571)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88EE #BAEE88

analogous

#8988EE #BC88EE #EE88ED

triadic

#BC88EE #EEBC88 #88EEBC

tetradic

#BC88EE #EE8988 #BAEE88 #88EDEE

square

#BC88EE #EE8988 #BAEE88 #88EDEE

split-complementary

#BC88EE #EDEE88 #88EE89

monochromatic

#801FDC #9E52E6 #BC88EE #DABEF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88EE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88EE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.152 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abf4',
    500: '#bc88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88ee;
$custom-light: #d2abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71702,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D70E71

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88EE

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

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