#BC8BED#BC8BED

#BC8BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BED
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 37.16, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 56.46, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0862 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.146 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2546, 35.2713, 84.5283)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BED #BCED8B

analogous

#8B8BED #BC8BED #ED8BED

triadic

#BC8BED #EDBC8B #8BEDBC

tetradic

#BC8BED #ED8B8B #BCED8B #8BEDED

square

#BC8BED #ED8B8B #BCED8B #8BEDED

split-complementary

#BC8BED #EDED8B #8BED8B

monochromatic

#7F22DC #9D56E5 #BC8BED #DBC0F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC8BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC8BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BED

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BED	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf3',
    500: '#bc8bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bed;
$custom-light: #d2adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BED

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D51073

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BED

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

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