#BC8EE8#BC8EE8

#BC8EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE8
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 34.38, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 52.02, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.081 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.135 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9747, 35.8639, 80.8814)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE8 #BAE88E

analogous

#8F8EE8 #BC8EE8 #E88EE7

triadic

#BC8EE8 #E8BC8E #8EE8BC

tetradic

#BC8EE8 #E88F8E #BAE88E #8EE7E8

square

#BC8EE8 #E88F8E #BAE88E #8EE7E8

split-complementary

#BC8EE8 #E7E88E #8EE88F

monochromatic

#802BD1 #9E5BDE #BC8EE8 #DAC1F2 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE8

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE8	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afef',
    500: '#bc8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee8;
$custom-light: #d1afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE8

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE1771

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE8

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

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