#BC8BEE#BC8BEE

#BC8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.148 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BEE
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 37.38, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 56.97, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0864 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.148 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4011, 35.3299, 85.2999)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BEE #BDEE8B

analogous

#8B8CEE #BC8BEE #EE8BEE

triadic

#BC8BEE #EEBC8B #8BEEBC

tetradic

#BC8BEE #EE8B8C #BDEE8B #8BEEEE

square

#BC8BEE #EE8B8C #BDEE8B #8BEEEE

split-complementary

#BC8BEE #EEEE8B #8CEE8B

monochromatic

#7E21DE #9D56E6 #BC8BEE #DBC0F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BEE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BEE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.148 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf4',
    500: '#bc8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bee;
$custom-light: #d2adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70F74

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BEE

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

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