#BC8AEC#BC8AEC

#BC8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.147 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AEC
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 37.48, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 56.58, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0874 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.147 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9648, 34.9248, 83.7130)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AEC #BAEC8A

analogous

#8B8AEC #BC8AEC #EC8AEB

triadic

#BC8AEC #ECBC8A #8AECBC

tetradic

#BC8AEC #EC8B8A #BAEC8A #8AEBEC

square

#BC8AEC #EC8B8A #BAEC8A #8AEBEC

split-complementary

#BC8AEC #EBEC8A #8AEC8B

monochromatic

#8023D8 #9E55E3 #BC8AEC #DABFF5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AEC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AEC	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.147 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf2',
    500: '#bc8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aec;
$custom-light: #d2adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71938,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AEC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D41171

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AEC

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

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