#BC8CF8#BC8CF8

#BC8CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.158 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CF8
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 248)
HSL	hsl(267, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 43.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 39.12, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 61.45, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0866 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.158 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0567, 36.2249, 93.3018)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CF8 #C8F88C

analogous

#8C92F8 #BC8CF8 #F28CF8

triadic

#BC8CF8 #F8BC8C #8CF8BC

tetradic

#BC8CF8 #F88C92 #C8F88C #8CF8F2

square

#BC8CF8 #F88C92 #C8F88C #8CF8F2

split-complementary

#BC8CF8 #F8F28C #92F88C

monochromatic

#7919F1 #9A52F4 #BC8CF8 #DEC6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC8CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BC8CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CF8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CF8	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.158 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aefb',
    500: '#bc8cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cf8;
$custom-light: #d2aefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E5007F

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CF8

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

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