#BC8CEF#BC8CEF

#BC8CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.147 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CEF
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 37.06, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 56.85, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0852 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.147 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6939, 35.6798, 86.1243)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CEF #BFEF8C

analogous

#8C8EEF #BC8CEF #EE8CEF

triadic

#BC8CEF #EFBC8C #8CEFBC

tetradic

#BC8CEF #EF8C8E #BFEF8C #8CEFEE

square

#BC8CEF #EF8C8E #BFEF8C #8CEFEE

split-complementary

#BC8CEF #EFEE8C #8EEF8C

monochromatic

#7D21E0 #9D56E8 #BC8CEF #DBC2F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CEF

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CEF	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.147 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef4',
    500: '#bc8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cef;
$custom-light: #d2aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80E76

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CEF

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

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