#BC8EE7#BC8EE7

#BC8EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.134 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE7
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 231)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 34.16, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 51.51, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0808 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.134 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8330, 35.8073, 80.1355)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE7 #B9E78E

analogous

#8F8EE7 #BC8EE7 #E78EE6

triadic

#BC8EE7 #E7BC8E #8EE7BC

tetradic

#BC8EE7 #E78F8E #B9E78E #8EE6E7

square

#BC8EE7 #E78F8E #B9E78E #8EE6E7

split-complementary

#BC8EE7 #E6E78E #8EE78F

monochromatic

#802CCF #9E5CDC #BC8EE7 #DAC0F2 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC8EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE7

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE7	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.134 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afef',
    500: '#bc8ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee7;
$custom-light: #d1afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.011,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE7

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CD1970

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE7

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

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