#BC8EE3#BC8EE3

#BC8EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE3
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 33.28, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 49.48, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.08 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.129 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2746, 35.5839, 77.1941)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE3 #B5E38E

analogous

#928EE3 #BC8EE3 #E38EDF

triadic

#BC8EE3 #E3BC8E #8EE3BC

tetradic

#BC8EE3 #E3928E #B5E38E #8EDFE3

square

#BC8EE3 #E3928E #B5E38E #8EDFE3

split-complementary

#BC8EE3 #DFE38E #8EE392

monochromatic

#8131C6 #9F5DD7 #BC8EE3 #D9BFEF #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE3

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE3	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79BAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afec',
    500: '#bc8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee3;
$custom-light: #d1afec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE3

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C81E6C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE3

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

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