#BC8AED#BC8AED

#BC8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.148 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AED
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 37.71, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 57.08, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0876 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.148 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1105, 34.9831, 84.4803)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AED #BBED8A

analogous

#8A8AED #BC8AED #ED8AEC

triadic

#BC8AED #EDBC8A #8AEDBC

tetradic

#BC8AED #ED8A8A #BBED8A #8AECED

square

#BC8AED #ED8A8A #BBED8A #8AECED

split-complementary

#BC8AED #ECED8A #8AED8A

monochromatic

#7F22DB #9E55E5 #BC8AED #DABFF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AED

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AED	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.148 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf3',
    500: '#bc8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aed;
$custom-light: #d2adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71987,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AED

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D51072

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AED

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

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