#BC9AE2#BC9AE2

#BC9AE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9AE2
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 26.40, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 41.31, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0625 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.108 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0194, 39.2938, 77.0968)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9AE2 #C0E29A

analogous

#9A9CE2 #BC9AE2 #E09AE2

triadic

#BC9AE2 #E2BC9A #9AE2BC

tetradic

#BC9AE2 #E29A9C #C0E29A #9AE2E0

square

#BC9AE2 #E29A9C #C0E29A #9AE2E0

split-complementary

#BC9AE2 #E2E09A #9CE29A

monochromatic

#7D3BC7 #9C6AD4 #BC9AE2 #DCCAF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BC9AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9AE2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9AE2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8eb',
    500: '#bc9ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ae2;
$custom-light: #d1b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9AE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32377

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9AE2

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

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