#BC8EE2#BC8EE2

#BC8EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE2
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 33.06, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 48.97, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0798 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.128 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1369, 35.5288, 76.4693)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE2 #B4E28E

analogous

#928EE2 #BC8EE2 #E28EDE

triadic

#BC8EE2 #E2BC8E #8EE2BC

tetradic

#BC8EE2 #E2928E #B4E28E #8EDEE2

square

#BC8EE2 #E2928E #B4E28E #8EDEE2

split-complementary

#BC8EE2 #DEE28E #8EE292

monochromatic

#8232C3 #9F5DD6 #BC8EE2 #D9BFEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afeb',
    500: '#bc8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee2;
$custom-light: #d1afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE2

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C71F6B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE2

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

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