#BC8BE4#BC8BE4

#BC8BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BE4
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 35.16, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 51.89, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0845 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.135 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9726, 34.7585, 77.7763)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BE4 #B3E48B

analogous

#908BE4 #BC8BE4 #E48BDF

triadic

#BC8BE4 #E4BC8B #8BE4BC

tetradic

#BC8BE4 #E4908B #B3E48B #8BDFE4

square

#BC8BE4 #E4908B #B3E48B #8BDFE4

split-complementary

#BC8BE4 #DFE48B #8BE490

monochromatic

#822EC6 #9F59D8 #BC8BE4 #D9BDF0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BE4

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BE4	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B798AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aded',
    500: '#bc8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8be4;
$custom-light: #d1aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.034,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BE4

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CA1C6A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BE4

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

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