#BC8BF4#BC8BF4

#BC8BF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.155 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BF4
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 244)
HSL	hsl(268, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 43%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 38.75, -45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 60.03, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0874 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.155 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2974, 35.6884, 90.0199)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BF4 #C3F48B

analogous

#8B8EF4 #BC8BF4 #F08BF4

triadic

#BC8BF4 #F4BC8B #8BF4BC

tetradic

#BC8BF4 #F48B8E #C3F48B #8BF4F0

square

#BC8BF4 #F48B8E #C3F48B #8BF4F0

split-complementary

#BC8BF4 #F4F08B #8EF48B

monochromatic

#7B1BE9 #9C53EF #BC8BF4 #DCC3F9 #EFE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8BF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC8BF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BF4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BF4	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.155 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf8',
    500: '#bc8bf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bf4;
$custom-light: #d2adf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 82.677,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BF4

secondary

#E6F4D7

accent

#DF067A

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BF4

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

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