#BC8CEB#BC8CEB

#BC8CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.142 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CEB
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 36.16, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 54.81, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0844 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.142 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1095, 35.4460, 83.0465)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CEB #BBEB8C

analogous

#8C8CEB #BC8CEB #EB8CEA

triadic

#BC8CEB #EBBC8C #8CEBBC

tetradic

#BC8CEB #EB8C8C #BBEB8C #8CEAEB

square

#BC8CEB #EB8C8C #BBEB8C #8CEAEB

split-complementary

#BC8CEB #EAEB8C #8CEB8C

monochromatic

#7F25D7 #9E58E2 #BC8CEB #DAC0F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC8CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BC8CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CEB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CEB	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef2',
    500: '#bc8ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ceb;
$custom-light: #d2aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.316,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72228,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D21372

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CEB

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

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