#BC89EF#BC89EF

#BC89EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.152 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89EF
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 42.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 38.71, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 58.73, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0893 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.152 306)
XYZ	xyz(45.2615, 34.8150, 85.9801)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89EF #BCEF89

analogous

#8989EF #BC89EF #EF89EF

triadic

#BC89EF #EFBC89 #89EFBC

tetradic

#BC89EF #EF8989 #BCEF89 #89EFEF

square

#BC89EF #EF8989 #BCEF89 #89EFEF

split-complementary

#BC89EF #EFEF89 #89EF89

monochromatic

#7F1EDF #9D53E8 #BC89EF #DBBFF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC89EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC89EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89EF

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89EF	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B499B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.152 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acf4',
    500: '#bc89ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89ef;
$custom-light: #d2acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71918,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.34815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89EF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80D73

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89EF

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

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