#BC8CED#BC8CED

#BC8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.145 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CED
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 36.61, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 55.83, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0848 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.145 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4001, 35.5623, 84.5768)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CED #BDED8C

analogous

#8C8DED #BC8CED #ED8CED

triadic

#BC8CED #EDBC8C #8CEDBC

tetradic

#BC8CED #ED8C8D #BDED8C #8CEDED

square

#BC8CED #ED8C8D #BDED8C #8CEDED

split-complementary

#BC8CED #EDED8C #8DED8C

monochromatic

#7E22DC #9D57E5 #BC8CED #DBC1F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CED

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CED	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.145 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef3',
    500: '#bc8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ced;
$custom-light: #d2aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.691,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CED

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D51074

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CED

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

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