#BC9BE4#BC9BE4

#BC9BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.108 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BE4
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 26.28, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 41.70, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0616 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.108 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4612, 39.7357, 78.6058)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BE4 #C3E49B

analogous

#9B9FE4 #BC9BE4 #E09BE4

triadic

#BC9BE4 #E4BC9B #9BE4BC

tetradic

#BC9BE4 #E49B9F #C3E49B #9BE4E0

square

#BC9BE4 #E49B9F #C3E49B #9BE4E0

split-complementary

#BC9BE4 #E4E09B #9FE49B

monochromatic

#7B3BCA #9C6BD7 #BC9BE4 #DCCBF1 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BC9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BE4

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BE4	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.108 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ec',
    500: '#bc9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9be4;
$custom-light: #d1b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.123,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BE4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C5207B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BE4

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

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