#BC9BE2#BC9BE2

#BC9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BE2
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 25.84, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 40.67, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0611 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.106 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1851, 39.6252, 77.1521)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BE2 #C1E29B

analogous

#9B9EE2 #BC9BE2 #DF9BE2

triadic

#BC9BE2 #E2BC9B #9BE2BC

tetradic

#BC9BE2 #E29B9E #C1E29B #9BE2DF

square

#BC9BE2 #E29B9E #C1E29B #9BE2DF

split-complementary

#BC9BE2 #E2DF9B #9EE29B

monochromatic

#7C3CC6 #9C6CD4 #BC9BE2 #DCCAF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BC9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BE2

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BE2	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8eb',
    500: '#bc9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9be2;
$custom-light: #d1b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74465,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32378

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BE2

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

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