#BC9BE0#BC9BE0

#BC9BE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BE0
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 25.40, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 39.64, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0606 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.103 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9123, 39.5161, 75.7152)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BE0 #BFE09B

analogous

#9B9DE0 #BC9BE0 #DF9BE0

triadic

#BC9BE0 #E0BC9B #9BE0BC

tetradic

#BC9BE0 #E09B9D #BFE09B #9BE0DF

square

#BC9BE0 #E09B9D #BFE09B #9BE0DF

split-complementary

#BC9BE0 #E0DF9B #9DE09B

monochromatic

#7D3EC3 #9D6CD2 #BC9BE0 #DBCAEE #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BC9BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BE0

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BE0	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ea',
    500: '#bc9be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9be0;
$custom-light: #d1b8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 52.672,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74379,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BE0

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02576

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BE0

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

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