#BC8AE2#BC8AE2

#BC8AE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.135 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AE2
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 35.27, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 51.51, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0855 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.135 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5525, 34.3599, 76.2745)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AE2 #B0E28A

analogous

#908AE2 #BC8AE2 #E28ADC

triadic

#BC8AE2 #E2BC8A #8AE2BC

tetradic

#BC8AE2 #E2908A #B0E28A #8ADCE2

square

#BC8AE2 #E2908A #B0E28A #8ADCE2

split-complementary

#BC8AE2 #DCE28A #8AE290

monochromatic

#8330C2 #A059D6 #BC8AE2 #D8BBEE #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AE2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AE2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.135 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adeb',
    500: '#bc8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ae2;
$custom-light: #d1adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71459,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AE2

secondary

#E2EFD8

accent

#C81E67

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AE2

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

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