#BC8BE6#BC8BE6

#BC8BE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BE6
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 35.60, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 52.90, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0849 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.138 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.2519, 34.8702, 79.2470)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BE6 #B5E68B

analogous

#8F8BE6 #BC8BE6 #E68BE2

triadic

#BC8BE6 #E6BC8B #8BE6BC

tetradic

#BC8BE6 #E68F8B #B5E68B #8BE2E6

square

#BC8BE6 #E68F8B #B5E68B #8BE2E6

split-complementary

#BC8BE6 #E2E68B #8BE68F

monochromatic

#812CCB #9F59DB #BC8BE6 #D9BDF1 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BE6

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BE6	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B699AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adee',
    500: '#bc8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8be6;
$custom-light: #d1adee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.3487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BE6

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CC196C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BE6

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

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