#BC9AE9#BC9AE9

#BC9AE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9AE9
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 27.95, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 44.93, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0643 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.117 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9996, 39.6858, 82.2591)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9AE9 #C7E99A

analogous

#9A9FE9 #BC9AE9 #E49AE9

triadic

#BC9AE9 #E9BC9A #9AE9BC

tetradic

#BC9AE9 #E99A9F #C7E99A #9AE9E4

square

#BC9AE9 #E99A9F #C7E99A #9AE9E4

split-complementary

#BC9AE9 #E9E49A #9FE99A

monochromatic

#7935D3 #9B68DE #BC9AE9 #DDCCF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BC9AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9AE9

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9AE9	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f0',
    500: '#bc9ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ae9;
$custom-light: #d1b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7459,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9AE9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC197F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9AE9

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

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