#BC8EE6#BC8EE6

#BC8EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE6
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 33.94, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 51.00, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0806 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.133 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6922, 35.7509, 79.3938)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE6 #B8E68E

analogous

#908EE6 #BC8EE6 #E68EE4

triadic

#BC8EE6 #E6BC8E #8EE6BC

tetradic

#BC8EE6 #E6908E #B8E68E #8EE4E6

square

#BC8EE6 #E6908E #B8E68E #8EE4E6

split-complementary

#BC8EE6 #E4E68E #8EE690

monochromatic

#802DCC #9E5CDB #BC8EE6 #DAC0F1 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC8EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC8EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE6

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE6	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afee',
    500: '#bc8ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee6;
$custom-light: #d1afee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72334,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE6

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CC1A6F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE6

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

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