#BC8DEE#BC8DEE

#BC8DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.144 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DEE
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 36.28, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 55.71, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0836 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.144 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6934, 35.9144, 85.3973)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DEE #BFEE8D

analogous

#8D8FEE #BC8DEE #ED8DEE

triadic

#BC8DEE #EEBC8D #8DEEBC

tetradic

#BC8DEE #EE8D8F #BFEE8D #8DEEED

square

#BC8DEE #EE8D8F #BFEE8D #8DEEED

split-complementary

#BC8DEE #EEED8D #8FEE8D

monochromatic

#7D22DE #9D58E6 #BC8DEE #DBC2F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BC8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DEE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DEE	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.144 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff4',
    500: '#bc8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dee;
$custom-light: #d2aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.072,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F76

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DEE

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

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