#BC8BE2#BC8BE2

#BC8BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.133 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BE2
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 34.72, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 50.88, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0841 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.133 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6966, 34.6481, 76.3226)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BE2 #B1E28B

analogous

#918BE2 #BC8BE2 #E28BDD

triadic

#BC8BE2 #E2BC8B #8BE2BC

tetradic

#BC8BE2 #E2918B #B1E28B #8BDDE2

square

#BC8BE2 #E2918B #B1E28B #8BDDE2

split-complementary

#BC8BE2 #DDE28B #8BE291

monochromatic

#8331C2 #A05AD6 #BC8BE2 #D8BCEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BE2

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BE2	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B798AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.133 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adeb',
    500: '#bc8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8be2;
$custom-light: #d1adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.793,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7163,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BE2

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#C81E68

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BE2

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

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