#BC8CF0#BC8CF0

#BC8CF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CF0
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 240)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 41.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 37.29, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 57.36, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0853 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.148 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8421, 35.7390, 86.9045)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CF0 #C0F08C

analogous

#8C8EF0 #BC8CF0 #EE8CF0

triadic

#BC8CF0 #F0BC8C #8CF0BC

tetradic

#BC8CF0 #F08C8E #C0F08C #8CF0EE

square

#BC8CF0 #F08C8E #C0F08C #8CF0EE

split-complementary

#BC8CF0 #F0EE8C #8EF08C

monochromatic

#7D20E2 #9C56E9 #BC8CF0 #DCC2F7 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8CF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC8CF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CF0

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CF0	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A0F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef5',
    500: '#bc8cf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cf0;
$custom-light: #d2aef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CF0

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D90C77

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FE

border

#D3CED6

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CF0

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

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