#BC8BE5#BC8BE5

#BC8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BE5
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 35.38, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 52.39, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0847 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.137 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1118, 34.8142, 78.5095)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BE5 #B4E58B

analogous

#8F8BE5 #BC8BE5 #E58BE1

triadic

#BC8BE5 #E5BC8B #8BE5BC

tetradic

#BC8BE5 #E58F8B #B4E58B #8BE1E5

square

#BC8BE5 #E58F8B #B4E58B #8BE1E5

split-complementary

#BC8BE5 #E1E58B #8BE58F

monochromatic

#822DC9 #9F59DA #BC8BE5 #D9BDF0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BE5

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BE5	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B799AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aded',
    500: '#bc8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8be5;
$custom-light: #d1aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BE5

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CB1A6B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BE5

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

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