#BC8DF8#BC8DF8

#BC8DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.157 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DF8
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 248)
HSL	hsl(266, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 43.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 38.57, -47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 60.83, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0853 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.157 303)
XYZ	xyz(47.2035, 36.5185, 93.3507)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DF8 #C9F88D

analogous

#8D94F8 #BC8DF8 #F28DF8

triadic

#BC8DF8 #F8BC8D #8DF8BC

tetradic

#BC8DF8 #F88D94 #C9F88D #8DF8F2

square

#BC8DF8 #F88D94 #C9F88D #8DF8F2

split-complementary

#BC8DF8 #F8F28D #94F88D

monochromatic

#781AF1 #9A53F4 #BC8DF8 #DEC7FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BC8DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BC8DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DF8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DF8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71A2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA3F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29FB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.157 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2affb',
    500: '#bc8df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8df8;
$custom-light: #d2affb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 88.43,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.36518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E50081

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DF8

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

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