#BC8DEB#BC8DEB

#BC8DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.141 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DEB
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 35.61, -40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 54.18, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.083 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.141 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2563, 35.7396, 83.0954)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DEB #BCEB8D

analogous

#8D8DEB #BC8DEB #EB8DEB

triadic

#BC8DEB #EBBC8D #8DEBBC

tetradic

#BC8DEB #EB8D8D #BCEB8D #8DEBEB

square

#BC8DEB #EB8D8D #BCEB8D #8DEBEB

split-complementary

#BC8DEB #EBEB8D #8DEB8D

monochromatic

#7F26D8 #9D59E2 #BC8DEB #DBC1F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC8DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DEB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DEB	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)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff2',
    500: '#bc8deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8deb;
$custom-light: #d2aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DEB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21373

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DEB

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

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