#BC8CEC#BC8CEC

#BC8CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CEC
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 36.38, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 55.32, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0846 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.143 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2544, 35.5040, 83.8095)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CEC #BCEC8C

analogous

#8C8CEC #BC8CEC #EC8CEC

triadic

#BC8CEC #ECBC8C #8CECBC

tetradic

#BC8CEC #EC8C8C #BCEC8C #8CECEC

square

#BC8CEC #EC8C8C #BCEC8C #8CECEC

split-complementary

#BC8CEC #ECEC8C #8CEC8C

monochromatic

#7F24DA #9D57E3 #BC8CEC #DBC1F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC8CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BC8CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CEC

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CEC	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef2',
    500: '#bc8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cec;
$custom-light: #d2aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CEC

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D41273

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CEC

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

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