#BC97EE#BC97EE

#BC97EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97EE
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 30.75, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 49.42, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0696 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.128 303)
XYZ	xyz(47.2350, 38.9977, 85.9112)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97EE #C9EE97

analogous

#979EEE #BC97EE #E897EE

triadic

#BC97EE #EEBC97 #97EEBC

tetradic

#BC97EE #EE979E #C9EE97 #97EEE8

square

#BC97EE #EE979E #C9EE97 #97EEE8

split-complementary

#BC97EE #EEE897 #9EEE97

monochromatic

#782EDD #9A62E5 #BC97EE #DECCF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BC97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97EE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97EE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f4',
    500: '#bc97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97ee;
$custom-light: #d1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.38998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97EE

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D41281

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97EE

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

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