#BC8BF8#BC8BF8

#BC8BF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.160 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BF8
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 248)
HSL	hsl(267, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 44%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 39.67, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 62.07, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.088 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.16 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9113, 35.9340, 93.2533)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BF8 #C7F88B

analogous

#8B90F8 #BC8BF8 #F28BF8

triadic

#BC8BF8 #F8BC8B #8BF8BC

tetradic

#BC8BF8 #F88B90 #C7F88B #8BF8F2

square

#BC8BF8 #F88B90 #C7F88B #8BF8F2

split-complementary

#BC8BF8 #F8F28B #90F88B

monochromatic

#7918F1 #9B51F5 #BC8BF8 #DDC5FB #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC8BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BF8

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BF8	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.160 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aefb',
    500: '#bc8bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bf8;
$custom-light: #d2aefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 88.618,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E5007E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BF8

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

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