#BC9AED#BC9AED

#BC9AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9AED
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 28.85, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 47.01, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0652 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.122 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5775, 39.9170, 85.3026)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9AED #CBED9A

analogous

#9AA2ED #BC9AED #E59AED

triadic

#BC9AED #EDBC9A #9AEDBC

tetradic

#BC9AED #ED9AA2 #CBED9A #9AEDE5

square

#BC9AED #ED9AA2 #CBED9A #9AEDE5

split-complementary

#BC9AED #EDE59A #A2ED9A

monochromatic

#7732DA #9A66E4 #BC9AED #DECEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BC9AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9AED

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9AED	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f3',
    500: '#bc9aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9aed;
$custom-light: #d1b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9AED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21484

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9AED

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

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