#BC89E1#BC89E1

#BC89E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89E1
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 39.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 35.60, -37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 51.64, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0867 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.135 310)
XYZ	xyz(43.2728, 34.0195, 75.5064)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89E1 #AEE189

analogous

#9089E1 #BC89E1 #E189DA

triadic

#BC89E1 #E1BC89 #89E1BC

tetradic

#BC89E1 #E19089 #AEE189 #89DAE1

square

#BC89E1 #E19089 #AEE189 #89DAE1

split-complementary

#BC89E1 #DAE189 #89E190

monochromatic

#8331BF #A058D5 #BC89E1 #D8BAED #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC89E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC89E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89E1

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89E1	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)

#779BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acea',
    500: '#bc89e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89e1;
$custom-light: #d1acea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.34019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89E1

secondary

#E1EFD7

accent

#C71E65

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89E1

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

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