#BC89E4#BC89E4

#BC89E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.139 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89E4
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 39.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 36.26, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 53.15, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0873 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.139 309)
XYZ	xyz(43.6857, 34.1847, 77.6807)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89E4 #B1E489

analogous

#8F89E4 #BC89E4 #E489DF

triadic

#BC89E4 #E4BC89 #89E4BC

tetradic

#BC89E4 #E48F89 #B1E489 #89DFE4

square

#BC89E4 #E48F89 #B1E489 #89DFE4

split-complementary

#BC89E4 #DFE489 #89E48F

monochromatic

#832DC5 #A057D9 #BC89E4 #D8BBEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC89E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC89E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89E4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89E4	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.139 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aced',
    500: '#bc89e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89e4;
$custom-light: #d1aced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89E4

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#CB1B68

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89E4

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

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