#BC8EF9#BC8EF9

#BC8EF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.156 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EF9
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 249)
HSL	hsl(266, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 43%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 38.25, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 60.73, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0841 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.156 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5072, 36.8769, 94.2193)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EF9 #CBF98E

analogous

#8E96F9 #BC8EF9 #F18EF9

triadic

#BC8EF9 #F9BC8E #8EF9BC

tetradic

#BC8EF9 #F98E96 #CBF98E #8EF9F1

square

#BC8EF9 #F98E96 #CBF98E #8EF9F1

split-complementary

#BC8EF9 #F9F18E #96F98E

monochromatic

#771AF3 #9A54F6 #BC8EF9 #DEC8FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BC8EF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BC8EF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EF9

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EF9	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72A3FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA3F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.156 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b0fb',
    500: '#bc8ef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ef9;
$custom-light: #d2b0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73259,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EF9

secondary

#E8F6D5

accent

#E60083

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF5FF

border

#D3CFD7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EF9

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

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