#BC8EDA#BC8EDA

#BC8EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EDA
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 31.33, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 44.93, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.078 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.118 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0647, 35.0999, 70.8224)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EDA #ACDA8E

analogous

#968EDA #BC8EDA #DA8ED2

triadic

#BC8EDA #DABC8E #8EDABC

tetradic

#BC8EDA #DA968E #ACDA8E #8ED2DA

square

#BC8EDA #DA968E #ACDA8E #8ED2DA

split-complementary

#BC8EDA #D2DA8E #8EDA96

monochromatic

#833BB3 #A160CB #BC8EDA #D7BCE9 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC8EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC8EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EDA

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EDA	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B998AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe5',
    500: '#bc8eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8eda;
$custom-light: #d1afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71787,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EDA

secondary

#E0ECD8

accent

#BE2763

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EDA

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

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