#BC8EF5#BC8EF5

#BC8EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.151 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EF5
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 245)
HSL	hsl(267, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 42%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 37.33, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 58.67, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0834 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.151 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8900, 36.6300, 90.9685)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EF5 #C7F58E

analogous

#8E93F5 #BC8EF5 #EF8EF5

triadic

#BC8EF5 #F5BC8E #8EF5BC

tetradic

#BC8EF5 #F58E93 #C7F58E #8EF5EF

square

#BC8EF5 #F58E93 #C7F58E #8EF5EF

split-complementary

#BC8EF5 #F5EF8E #93F58E

monochromatic

#791EEB #9B56F0 #BC8EF5 #DDC6FA #EEE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC8EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BC8EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EF5

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EF5	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A2F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA3F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29FB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.151 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b0f9',
    500: '#bc8ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ef5;
$custom-light: #d2b0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.796,
    "s": 83.74,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EF5

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#E0057E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EF5

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

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