#BC8AE3#BC8AE3

#BC8AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AE3
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 35.49, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 52.02, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0857 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.136 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6901, 34.4149, 76.9993)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AE3 #B1E38A

analogous

#908AE3 #BC8AE3 #E38ADE

triadic

#BC8AE3 #E3BC8A #8AE3BC

tetradic

#BC8AE3 #E3908A #B1E38A #8ADEE3

square

#BC8AE3 #E3908A #B1E38A #8ADEE3

split-complementary

#BC8AE3 #DEE38A #8AE390

monochromatic

#832FC4 #A059D7 #BC8AE3 #D8BBEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AE3

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AE3	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adec',
    500: '#bc8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ae3;
$custom-light: #d1adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.708,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71506,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AE3

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#C91C68

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AE3

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

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