#BC8BE7#BC8BE7
#BC8BE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BC8BE7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 139, 231) |
| HSL | hsl(272, 66%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(272, 40%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(18.6%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.69, 35.82, -39.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.69, 53.41, 312.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.87% 0.0851 -0.1099) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.87% 0.139 307.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.3927, 34.9266, 79.9887) |
| Luminance | 0.3493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Liliac
#C48EFD
ΔE00 3.50
Pale Purple
#B790D4
ΔE00 4.36
Baby Purple
#CA9BF7
ΔE00 4.49
Lavender (survey)
#C79FEF
ΔE00 5.29
Light Purple
#BF77F6
ΔE00 5.84
Pastel Purple
#CAA0FF
ΔE00 5.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BC8BE7 #B6E78B
analogous
#8E8BE7 #BC8BE7 #E78BE4
triadic
#BC8BE7 #E7BC8B #8BE7BC
tetradic
#BC8BE7 #E78E8B #B6E78B #8BE4E7
square
#BC8BE7 #E78E8B #B6E78B #8BE4E7
split-complementary
#BC8BE7 #E4E78B #8BE78E
monochromatic
#812ACD #9F58DD #BC8BE7 #D9BEF1 #F0E6FA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#BC8BE7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#BC8BE7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BC8BE7
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BC8BE7 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BC8BE7 | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#779EEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82A0E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B699AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bc8be7; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 231); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 307.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1adef',
500: '#bc8be7',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bc8be7; $custom-light: #d1adef; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bc8be7",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 139,
"b": 231
},
"hsl": {
"h": 271.957,
"s": 65.714,
"l": 72.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71866,
"c": 0.13896,
"h": 307.7
},
"luminance": 0.34926
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BC8BE7
secondary
#E5F1DA
accent
#CE186D
background
#FDFAFE
surface
#FAF4FD
border
#D3CED5
text
#141016
muted
#837F84