#BC8AFF#BC8AFF

#BC8AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.170 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8AFF
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 255)
HSL	hsl(266, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 41.84, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 66.27, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0903 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.17 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8735, 36.0883, 99.0320)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8AFF #CDFF8A

analogous

#8A93FF #BC8AFF #F78AFF

triadic

#BC8AFF #FFBC8A #8AFFBC

tetradic

#BC8AFF #FF8A93 #CDFF8A #8AFFF7

square

#BC8AFF #FF8A93 #CDFF8A #8AFFF7

split-complementary

#BC8AFF #FFF78A #93FF8A

monochromatic

#7610FF #994DFF #BC8AFF #DFC7FF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC8AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BC8AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8AFF

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8AFF	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68A1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74A2FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09FB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.170 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adff',
    500: '#bc8aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aff;
$custom-light: #d2adff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8AFF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60083

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8AFF

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

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