#BC89E5#BC89E5

#BC89E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.140 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89E5
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 40.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 36.48, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 53.66, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0875 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.14 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8249, 34.2403, 78.4139)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89E5 #B2E589

analogous

#8E89E5 #BC89E5 #E589E0

triadic

#BC89E5 #E5BC89 #89E5BC

tetradic

#BC89E5 #E58E89 #B2E589 #89E0E5

square

#BC89E5 #E58E89 #B2E589 #89E0E5

split-complementary

#BC89E5 #E0E589 #89E58E

monochromatic

#822CC8 #A057DA #BC89E5 #D8BBF0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC89E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC89E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89E5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89E5	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.140 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aced',
    500: '#bc89e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89e5;
$custom-light: #d1aced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89E5

secondary

#E4F1D9

accent

#CC1A69

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89E5

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

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