#BC8CE9#BC8CE9

#BC8CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.140 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CE9
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 35.71, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 53.79, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0841 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.14 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.8222, 35.3311, 81.5333)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CE9 #B9E98C

analogous

#8D8CE9 #BC8CE9 #E98CE7

triadic

#BC8CE9 #E9BC8C #8CE9BC

tetradic

#BC8CE9 #E98D8C #B9E98C #8CE7E9

square

#BC8CE9 #E98D8C #B9E98C #8CE7E9

split-complementary

#BC8CE9 #E7E98C #8CE98D

monochromatic

#8028D2 #9E59DF #BC8CE9 #DABFF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC8CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC8CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CE9

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CE9	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)

#779FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.140 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef0',
    500: '#bc8ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ce9;
$custom-light: #d1aef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.35331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CE9

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D01670

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CE9

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

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