#BC8CF9#BC8CF9

#BC8CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.159 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CF9
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 249)
HSL	hsl(266, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 43.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 39.35, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 61.96, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0868 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.159 303)
XYZ	xyz(47.2123, 36.2871, 94.1210)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CF9 #C9F98C

analogous

#8C93F9 #BC8CF9 #F38CF9

triadic

#BC8CF9 #F9BC8C #8CF9BC

tetradic

#BC8CF9 #F98C93 #C9F98C #8CF9F3

square

#BC8CF9 #F98C93 #C9F98C #8CF9F3

split-complementary

#BC8CF9 #F9F38C #93F98C

monochromatic

#7818F3 #9A52F6 #BC8CF9 #DEC6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BC8CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BC8CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CF9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CF9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.159 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aefc',
    500: '#bc8cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cf9;
$custom-light: #d2aefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.36287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CF9

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E60080

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CF9

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

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