#BC8AEB#BC8AEB

#BC8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.145 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AEB
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 37.26, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 56.07, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0872 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.146 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8199, 34.8669, 82.9500)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AEB #B9EB8A

analogous

#8B8AEB #BC8AEB #EB8AE9

triadic

#BC8AEB #EBBC8A #8AEBBC

tetradic

#BC8AEB #EB8B8A #B9EB8A #8AE9EB

square

#BC8AEB #EB8B8A #B9EB8A #8AE9EB

split-complementary

#BC8AEB #E9EB8A #8AEB8B

monochromatic

#8025D6 #9E56E2 #BC8AEB #DABEF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AEB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AEB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.145 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf2',
    500: '#bc8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aeb;
$custom-light: #d2adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.928,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31370

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AEB

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

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