#BC97EF#BC97EF

#BC97EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97EF
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 30.97, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 49.94, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0698 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.129 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3823, 39.0566, 86.6871)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97EF #CAEF97

analogous

#979EEF #BC97EF #E897EF

triadic

#BC97EF #EFBC97 #97EFBC

tetradic

#BC97EF #EF979E #CAEF97 #97EFE8

square

#BC97EF #EF979E #CAEF97 #97EFE8

split-complementary

#BC97EF #EFE897 #9EEF97

monochromatic

#782DDF #9A62E7 #BC97EF #DECCF7 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC97EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BC97EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97EF

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97EF	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f4',
    500: '#bc97ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97ef;
$custom-light: #d1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.227,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74328,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51082

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97EF

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

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