#BC89E6#BC89E6

#BC89E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.141 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89E6
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 40.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 36.70, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 54.16, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0877 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.141 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9649, 34.2963, 79.1513)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89E6 #B3E689

analogous

#8E89E6 #BC89E6 #E689E2

triadic

#BC89E6 #E6BC89 #89E6BC

tetradic

#BC89E6 #E68E89 #B3E689 #89E2E6

square

#BC89E6 #E68E89 #B3E689 #89E2E6

split-complementary

#BC89E6 #E2E689 #89E68E

monochromatic

#822BCA #9F57DB #BC89E6 #D9BCF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC89E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC89E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89E6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89E6	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)

#759CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.141 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acee',
    500: '#bc89e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89e6;
$custom-light: #d1acee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89E6

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CD196A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89E6

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

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