#BC8EE4#BC8EE4

#BC8EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE4
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 33.50, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 49.98, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0802 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.13 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.4130, 35.6392, 77.9231)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE4 #B6E48E

analogous

#918EE4 #BC8EE4 #E48EE1

triadic

#BC8EE4 #E4BC8E #8EE4BC

tetradic

#BC8EE4 #E4918E #B6E48E #8EE1E4

square

#BC8EE4 #E4918E #B6E48E #8EE1E4

split-complementary

#BC8EE4 #E1E48E #8EE491

monochromatic

#8130C8 #9F5DD8 #BC8EE4 #D9BFF0 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE4

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE4	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79BAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afed',
    500: '#bc8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee4;
$custom-light: #d1afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.35639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE4

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C91C6D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE4

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

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