#BC8EEE#BC8EEE

#BC8EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.143 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EEE
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 35.73, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 55.08, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0822 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.143 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8415, 36.2107, 85.4467)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EEE #C0EE8E

analogous

#8E90EE #BC8EEE #EC8EEE

triadic

#BC8EEE #EEBC8E #8EEEBC

tetradic

#BC8EEE #EE8E90 #C0EE8E #8EEEEC

square

#BC8EEE #EE8E90 #C0EE8E #8EEEEC

split-complementary

#BC8EEE #EEEC8E #90EE8E

monochromatic

#7D24DE #9C59E6 #BC8EEE #DCC3F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BC8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EEE

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EEE	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff4',
    500: '#bc8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8eee;
$custom-light: #d2aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D61077

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EEE

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

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