#BC8AEA#BC8AEA

#BC8AEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.144 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AEA
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 37.04, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 55.56, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.087 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.144 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6759, 34.8092, 82.1912)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AEA #B8EA8A

analogous

#8C8AEA #BC8AEA #EA8AE8

triadic

#BC8AEA #EABC8A #8AEABC

tetradic

#BC8AEA #EA8C8A #B8EA8A #8AE8EA

square

#BC8AEA #EA8C8A #B8EA8A #8AE8EA

split-complementary

#BC8AEA #E8EA8A #8AEA8C

monochromatic

#8026D4 #9E56E1 #BC8AEA #DABEF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC8AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC8AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AEA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AEA	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)

#749DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.144 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf1',
    500: '#bc8aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aea;
$custom-light: #d2adf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7184,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AEA

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D2146F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AEA

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

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