#BC8AEE#BC8AEE

#BC8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.149 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AEE
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 37.93, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 57.59, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0878 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.149 306)
XYZ	xyz(45.2570, 35.0417, 85.2519)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AEE #BCEE8A

analogous

#8A8AEE #BC8AEE #EE8AEE

triadic

#BC8AEE #EEBC8A #8AEEBC

tetradic

#BC8AEE #EE8A8A #BCEE8A #8AEEEE

square

#BC8AEE #EE8A8A #BCEE8A #8AEEEE

split-complementary

#BC8AEE #EEEE8A #8AEE8A

monochromatic

#7F20DD #9D55E6 #BC8AEE #DBBFF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AEE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AEE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.149 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf4',
    500: '#bc8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aee;
$custom-light: #d2adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72036,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.35041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70F73

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AEE

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

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