#BC8EE9#BC8EE9

#BC8EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EE9
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 34.61, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 52.53, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0812 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.136 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1171, 35.9209, 81.6316)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EE9 #BBE98E

analogous

#8E8EE9 #BC8EE9 #E98EE8

triadic

#BC8EE9 #E9BC8E #8EE9BC

tetradic

#BC8EE9 #E98E8E #BBE98E #8EE8E9

square

#BC8EE9 #E98E8E #BBE98E #8EE8E9

split-complementary

#BC8EE9 #E8E98E #8EE98E

monochromatic

#7F29D3 #9E5BDF #BC8EE9 #DAC1F3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BC8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EE9

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EE9	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff0',
    500: '#bc8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ee9;
$custom-light: #d1aff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EE9

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#CF1672

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EE9

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

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