#BC9AEC#BC9AEC

#BC9AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.120 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9AEC
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 28.63, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 46.49, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0649 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.12 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4318, 39.8587, 84.5353)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9AEC #CAEC9A

analogous

#9AA1EC #BC9AEC #E59AEC

triadic

#BC9AEC #ECBC9A #9AECBC

tetradic

#BC9AEC #EC9AA1 #CAEC9A #9AECE5

square

#BC9AEC #EC9AA1 #CAEC9A #9AECE5

split-complementary

#BC9AEC #ECE59A #A1EC9A

monochromatic

#7833D9 #9A66E2 #BC9AEC #DECEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BC9AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9AEC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9AEC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.120 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f2',
    500: '#bc9aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9aec;
$custom-light: #d1b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9AEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01583

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9AEC

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

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