#BC97EB#BC97EB

#BC97EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97EB
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 30.07, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 47.87, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.069 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.124 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7979, 38.8229, 83.6093)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97EB #C6EB97

analogous

#979CEB #BC97EB #E697EB

triadic

#BC97EB #EBBC97 #97EBBC

tetradic

#BC97EB #EB979C #C6EB97 #97EBE6

square

#BC97EB #EB979C #C6EB97 #97EBE6

split-complementary

#BC97EB #EBE697 #9CEB97

monochromatic

#7A30D7 #9B64E1 #BC97EB #DDCAF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BC97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97EB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97EB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f1',
    500: '#bc97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97eb;
$custom-light: #d1b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97EB

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D0167E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97EB

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

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