#BC96E6#BC96E6

#BC96E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96E6
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 29.50, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 45.92, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0692 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.119 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9255, 38.2175, 79.8048)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96E6 #C0E696

analogous

#9698E6 #BC96E6 #E496E6

triadic

#BC96E6 #E6BC96 #96E6BC

tetradic

#BC96E6 #E69698 #C0E696 #96E6E4

square

#BC96E6 #E69698 #C0E696 #96E6E4

split-complementary

#BC96E6 #E6E496 #98E696

monochromatic

#7D33CE #9C65DA #BC96E6 #DCC7F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC96E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BC96E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96E6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96E6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ee',
    500: '#bc96e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96e6;
$custom-light: #d1b5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96E6

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91C77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96E6

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

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