#BC8BE3#BC8BE3

#BC8BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BE3
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 34.94, -37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 51.38, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0843 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.134 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8342, 34.7032, 77.0473)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BE3 #B2E38B

analogous

#908BE3 #BC8BE3 #E38BDE

triadic

#BC8BE3 #E3BC8B #8BE3BC

tetradic

#BC8BE3 #E3908B #B2E38B #8BDEE3

square

#BC8BE3 #E3908B #B2E38B #8BDEE3

split-complementary

#BC8BE3 #DEE38B #8BE390

monochromatic

#822FC4 #A05AD7 #BC8BE3 #D8BCEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BE3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BE3	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B798AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adec',
    500: '#bc8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8be3;
$custom-light: #d1adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71677,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BE3

secondary

#E4F0DA

accent

#C91D69

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BE3

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

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