#BC8CEE#BC8CEE

#BC8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.146 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CEE
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 36.83, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 56.34, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.085 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.146 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5466, 35.6209, 85.3484)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CEE #BEEE8C

analogous

#8C8DEE #BC8CEE #ED8CEE

triadic

#BC8CEE #EEBC8C #8CEEBC

tetradic

#BC8CEE #EE8C8D #BEEE8C #8CEEED

square

#BC8CEE #EE8C8D #BEEE8C #8CEEED

split-complementary

#BC8CEE #EEED8C #8DEE8C

monochromatic

#7E21DE #9D57E6 #BC8CEE #DBC1F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CEE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CEE	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef4',
    500: '#bc8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cee;
$custom-light: #d2aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F75

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CEE

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

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