#BC8BEB#BC8BEB

#BC8BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BEB
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 36.71, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 55.44, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0858 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.144 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9641, 35.1551, 82.9980)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BEB #BAEB8B

analogous

#8C8BEB #BC8BEB #EB8BEA

triadic

#BC8BEB #EBBC8B #8BEBBC

tetradic

#BC8BEB #EB8C8B #BAEB8B #8BEAEB

square

#BC8BEB #EB8C8B #BAEB8B #8BEAEB

split-complementary

#BC8BEB #EAEB8B #8BEB8C

monochromatic

#8025D7 #9E57E2 #BC8BEB #DABFF4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BEB

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BEB	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf2',
    500: '#bc8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8beb;
$custom-light: #d2adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.625,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31371

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BEB

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

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