#BC96EF#BC96EF

#BC96EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96EF
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 31.53, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 50.57, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0712 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.131 303)
XYZ	xyz(47.2221, 38.7361, 86.6337)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96EF #C9EF96

analogous

#969DEF #BC96EF #E996EF

triadic

#BC96EF #EFBC96 #96EFBC

tetradic

#BC96EF #EF969D #C9EF96 #96EFE9

square

#BC96EF #EF969D #C9EF96 #96EFE9

split-complementary

#BC96EF #EFE996 #9DEF96

monochromatic

#782CDF #9A61E7 #BC96EF #DECBF7 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC96EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BC96EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96EF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96EF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5f4',
    500: '#bc96ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96ef;
$custom-light: #d1b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74151,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.38736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96EF

secondary

#E7F3D8

accent

#D61081

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96EF

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

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