#BC8EF6#BC8EF6

#BC8EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.153 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EF6
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 246)
HSL	hsl(267, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 37.56, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 59.18, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0836 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.153 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0430, 36.6913, 91.7747)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EF6 #C8F68E

analogous

#8E94F6 #BC8EF6 #F08EF6

triadic

#BC8EF6 #F6BC8E #8EF6BC

tetradic

#BC8EF6 #F68E94 #C8F68E #8EF6F0

square

#BC8EF6 #F68E94 #C8F68E #8EF6F0

split-complementary

#BC8EF6 #F6F08E #94F68E

monochromatic

#791DED #9A55F1 #BC8EF6 #DEC7FB #EEE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC8EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BC8EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EF6

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EF6	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A2FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA3F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29FB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.153 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b0f9',
    500: '#bc8ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ef6;
$custom-light: #d2b0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EF6

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E20480

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF5FF

border

#D3CFD7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EF6

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

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