#BC89E9#BC89E9

#BC89E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.145 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89E9
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 37.36, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 55.68, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0883 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.145 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3898, 34.4663, 81.3892)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89E9 #B6E989

analogous

#8C89E9 #BC89E9 #E989E6

triadic

#BC89E9 #E9BC89 #89E9BC

tetradic

#BC89E9 #E98C89 #B6E989 #89E6E9

square

#BC89E9 #E98C89 #B6E989 #89E6E9

split-complementary

#BC89E9 #E6E989 #89E98C

monochromatic

#8127D1 #9F55DF #BC89E9 #D9BDF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC89E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC89E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89E9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89E9	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)

#739DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B698AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.145 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acf0',
    500: '#bc89e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89e9;
$custom-light: #d2acf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89E9

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D1156D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89E9

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

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