#BC8DE2#BC8DE2

#BC8DE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DE2
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 33.61, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 49.60, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0812 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.13 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9888, 35.2326, 76.4200)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DE2 #B3E28D

analogous

#918DE2 #BC8DE2 #E28DDE

triadic

#BC8DE2 #E2BC8D #8DE2BC

tetradic

#BC8DE2 #E2918D #B3E28D #8DDEE2

square

#BC8DE2 #E2918D #B3E28D #8DDEE2

split-complementary

#BC8DE2 #DEE28D #8DE291

monochromatic

#8232C3 #9F5CD6 #BC8DE2 #D9BEEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC8DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC8DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DE2

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DE2	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B799AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afeb',
    500: '#bc8de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8de2;
$custom-light: #d1afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71975,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DE2

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C71E6A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DE2

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

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