#BC8BF6#BC8BF6

#BC8BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.157 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BF6
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 246)
HSL	hsl(267, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 43.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 39.21, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 61.05, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0877 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.157 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6027, 35.8106, 91.6279)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BF6 #C5F68B

analogous

#8B8FF6 #BC8BF6 #F28BF6

triadic

#BC8BF6 #F6BC8B #8BF6BC

tetradic

#BC8BF6 #F68B8F #C5F68B #8BF6F2

square

#BC8BF6 #F68B8F #C5F68B #8BF6F2

split-complementary

#BC8BF6 #F6F28B #8FF68B

monochromatic

#7A19ED #9B52F2 #BC8BF6 #DDC4FA #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC8BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BF6

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BF6	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA0FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA1F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.157 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf9',
    500: '#bc8bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bf6;
$custom-light: #d2adf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.477,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BF6

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E2037C

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BF6

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

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