#BC8DEC#BC8DEC

#BC8DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DEC
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 35.83, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 54.69, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0832 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.142 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4012, 35.7975, 83.8584)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DEC #BDEC8D

analogous

#8D8EEC #BC8DEC #EC8DEC

triadic

#BC8DEC #ECBC8D #8DECBC

tetradic

#BC8DEC #EC8D8E #BDEC8D #8DECEC

square

#BC8DEC #EC8D8E #BDEC8D #8DECEC

split-complementary

#BC8DEC #ECEC8D #8EEC8D

monochromatic

#7E24DA #9D59E3 #BC8DEC #DBC1F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DEC

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DEC	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff2',
    500: '#bc8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dec;
$custom-light: #d2aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.684,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DEC

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31274

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DEC

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

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