#BC8BE0#BC8BE0

#BC8BE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BE0
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 34.28, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 49.87, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0837 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.13 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4238, 34.5390, 74.8857)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BE0 #AFE08B

analogous

#918BE0 #BC8BE0 #E08BD9

triadic

#BC8BE0 #E0BC8B #8BE0BC

tetradic

#BC8BE0 #E0918B #AFE08B #8BD9E0

square

#BC8BE0 #E0918B #AFE08B #8BD9E0

split-complementary

#BC8BE0 #D9E08B #8BE091

monochromatic

#8333BE #A05BD3 #BC8BE0 #D8BBED #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BE0

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BE0	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B897AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adea',
    500: '#bc8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8be0;
$custom-light: #d1adea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.588,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BE0

secondary

#E2EFD8

accent

#C52066

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BE0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →