#BC8AE4#BC8AE4

#BC8AE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AE4
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 35.71, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 52.52, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0859 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.137 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8285, 34.4703, 77.7283)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AE4 #B2E48A

analogous

#8F8AE4 #BC8AE4 #E48ADF

triadic

#BC8AE4 #E4BC8A #8AE4BC

tetradic

#BC8AE4 #E48F8A #B2E48A #8ADFE4

square

#BC8AE4 #E48F8A #B2E48A #8ADFE4

split-complementary

#BC8AE4 #DFE48A #8AE48F

monochromatic

#822EC6 #A058D9 #BC8AE4 #D8BCEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AE4

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AE4	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)

#779CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aded',
    500: '#bc8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ae4;
$custom-light: #d1aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AE4

secondary

#E4F0D9

accent

#CA1B69

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AE4

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

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