#BC8EEA#BC8EEA

#BC8EEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EEA
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 34.83, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 53.04, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0814 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.138 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2604, 35.9782, 82.3861)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EEA #BCEA8E

analogous

#8E8EEA #BC8EEA #EA8EEA

triadic

#BC8EEA #EABC8E #8EEABC

tetradic

#BC8EEA #EA8E8E #BCEA8E #8EEAEA

square

#BC8EEA #EA8E8E #BCEA8E #8EEAEA

split-complementary

#BC8EEA #EAEA8E #8EEA8E

monochromatic

#7F28D6 #9D5AE0 #BC8EEA #DBC2F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC8EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BC8EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EEA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EEA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff1',
    500: '#bc8eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8eea;
$custom-light: #d1aff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EEA

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D11573

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EEA

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

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