#BC95E6#BC95E6

#BC95E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC95E6
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 30.06, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 46.55, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0707 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.121 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7666, 37.8997, 79.7519)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC95E6 #BFE695

analogous

#9597E6 #BC95E6 #E595E6

triadic

#BC95E6 #E6BC95 #95E6BC

tetradic

#BC95E6 #E69597 #BFE695 #95E6E5

square

#BC95E6 #E69597 #BFE695 #95E6E5

split-complementary

#BC95E6 #E6E595 #97E695

monochromatic

#7D32CF #9D63DA #BC95E6 #DBC7F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC95E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BC95E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC95E6

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC95E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC95E6	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc95e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b4ee',
    500: '#bc95e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc95e6;
$custom-light: #d1b4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc95e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73561,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC95E6

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CA1C76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC95E6

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

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