#BC8BEC#BC8BEC

#BC8BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BEC
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 36.93, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 55.95, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.086 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.145 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1090, 35.2131, 83.7610)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BEC #BBEC8B

analogous

#8B8BEC #BC8BEC #EC8BEC

triadic

#BC8BEC #ECBC8B #8BECBC

tetradic

#BC8BEC #EC8B8B #BBEC8B #8BECEC

square

#BC8BEC #EC8B8B #BBEC8B #8BECEC

split-complementary

#BC8BEC #ECEC8B #8BEC8B

monochromatic

#7F24D9 #9E56E3 #BC8BEC #DAC0F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC8BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC8BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BEC

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BEC	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf2',
    500: '#bc8bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bec;
$custom-light: #d2adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BEC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D41272

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BEC

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

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