#BC89EB#BC89EB

#BC89EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.147 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89EB
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 41.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 37.81, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 56.69, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0886 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.147 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.6771, 34.5812, 82.9024)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89EB #B8EB89

analogous

#8B89EB #BC89EB #EB89E9

triadic

#BC89EB #EBBC89 #89EBBC

tetradic

#BC89EB #EB8B89 #B8EB89 #89E9EB

square

#BC89EB #EB8B89 #B8EB89 #89E9EB

split-complementary

#BC89EB #E9EB89 #89EB8B

monochromatic

#8024D5 #9E55E2 #BC89EB #DABDF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC89EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC89EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89EB

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89EB	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.147 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acf2',
    500: '#bc89eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89eb;
$custom-light: #d2acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.224,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.34581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D3126F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89EB

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

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