#BC8BEF#BC8BEF

#BC8BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.149 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BEF
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 37.61, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 57.48, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0865 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.149 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5485, 35.3889, 86.0758)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BEF #BEEF8B

analogous

#8B8CEF #BC8BEF #EE8BEF

triadic

#BC8BEF #EFBC8B #8BEFBC

tetradic

#BC8BEF #EF8B8C #BEEF8B #8BEFEE

square

#BC8BEF #EF8B8C #BEEF8B #8BEFEE

split-complementary

#BC8BEF #EFEE8B #8CEF8B

monochromatic

#7E1FE0 #9D55E8 #BC8BEF #DBC1F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC8BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC8BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BEF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BEF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49BB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.149 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf4',
    500: '#bc8bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bef;
$custom-light: #d2adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80E75

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BEF

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

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