#BC8BEA#BC8BEA

#BC8BEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BEA
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 36.49, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 54.93, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0856 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.143 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8200, 35.0975, 82.2393)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BEA #B9EA8B

analogous

#8C8BEA #BC8BEA #EA8BE9

triadic

#BC8BEA #EABC8B #8BEABC

tetradic

#BC8BEA #EA8C8B #B9EA8B #8BE9EA

square

#BC8BEA #EA8C8B #B9EA8B #8BE9EA

split-complementary

#BC8BEA #E9EA8B #8BEA8C

monochromatic

#8026D4 #9E57E1 #BC8BEA #DABFF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC8BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC8BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BEA

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BEA	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf1',
    500: '#bc8bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bea;
$custom-light: #d2adf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.947,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7201,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BEA

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D11470

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BEA

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

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