#BC8EEB#BC8EEB

#BC8EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EEB
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 39.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 35.05, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 53.55, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0816 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.139 306)
XYZ	xyz(45.4044, 36.0358, 83.1448)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EEB #BDEB8E

analogous

#8E8FEB #BC8EEB #EA8EEB

triadic

#BC8EEB #EBBC8E #8EEBBC

tetradic

#BC8EEB #EB8E8F #BDEB8E #8EEBEA

square

#BC8EEB #EB8E8F #BDEB8E #8EEBEA

split-complementary

#BC8EEB #EBEA8E #8FEB8E

monochromatic

#7E26D8 #9D5AE2 #BC8EEB #DBC2F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC8EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BC8EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EEB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EEB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff2',
    500: '#bc8eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8eeb;
$custom-light: #d1aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.677,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.36036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EEB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21474

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EEB

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

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