#BC8EF2#BC8EF2

#BC8EF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.148 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EF2
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 242)
HSL	hsl(268, 79%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 41.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 36.64, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 57.13, 309.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0829 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.148 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4357, 36.4483, 88.5761)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EF2 #C4F28E

analogous

#8E92F2 #BC8EF2 #EE8EF2

triadic

#BC8EF2 #F2BC8E #8EF2BC

tetradic

#BC8EF2 #F28E92 #C4F28E #8EF2EE

square

#BC8EF2 #F28E92 #C4F28E #8EF2EE

split-complementary

#BC8EF2 #F2EE8E #92F28E

monochromatic

#7B20E5 #9B57EC #BC8EF2 #DDC5F8 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BC8EF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BC8EF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EF2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EF2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A1F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b0f7',
    500: '#bc8ef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ef2;
$custom-light: #d2b0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 79.365,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EF2

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#DC0A7B

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FE

border

#D3CED6

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EF2

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

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